WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country on earth.
The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he’s gone too far and asserted power he does not have.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade, which deals specifically with civil lawsuits involving international trade law, holds the first hearing on the challenges Tuesday morning in New York. Five small businesses are asking the court to block the sweeping import taxes that Trump announced April 2 – “Liberation Day,’’ he called
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