LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Gov. Andy Beshear joined 23 other state leaders in a lawsuit aiming to stop the Trump administration’s recently proposed global tariffs.
Filed Thursday, March 5, the lawsuit follows the Trump administration’s attempt to impose a 15% tariff on some products worldwide after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the administration’s tariffs in February, deciding they were unlawful.
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A news release from the governor’s office said after the Supreme Court ruling, the Trump administration attempted to impose a tariff under a different law than before, Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which the governor’s office said had never been used before and does not apply.
“Americans and American businesses have paid 90% of President Trump’s tariffs, at a time when costs are already too high and families need help,” Gov. Beshear said in the release. “The Supreme Court ruled his tariffs aren’t legal and he doesn’t have the authority to impose them. Now he’s trying to do a workaround to push his own agenda – we suggest he stop, and we’re fighting back.”
States involved in the lawsuit include Oregon, California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
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