The president already faces at least three legal challenges to his tariffs, thought that the main industries trapped in the cross -fire tariff have been delayed from any legal action for now | Photo credit: Mike Blake
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, said that the State is demanding to stop Donald Trump’s tariffs, establishing a high -risk legal challenge for the president’s historical effort to review the global trade.
The State will file a complaint with Wednesday at the Federal Court of San Francisco challenging the use of emergency powers by Trump to promulgate broad tariffs against Mexico, China and Canada, according to a statement issued by the Newsom office. Officials cited damage to consumers and companies in the fifth largest economy in the world.
Newsom, a Democrat who is considered a probable candidate to run for president in 2028, and California Rob Bronta attorney will seek a court order to immediately block the encumbrances. “President Trump’s illegal rates are causing chaos in families, companies and our California economy, which increases prices and threatening jobs,” said Newsom in the statement.
The White House representatives did not immediately respond to a comment email on the Challenge of California.
The unprecedented use of Trump of the International Law on Emergency Economic Powers, or IEEPA, to impose import tariffs has shaken the markets, caused forecasts of a possible recession and tense relations with commercial partners abroad.
The IEEEPA, approved in 1977, grants the President broad authority to regulate certain financial transactions by declaring a national emergency in response to an “unusual and extraordinary threat.” Traditionally it has used the legs to place sanctions to countries, companies and individuals.
Trump became the first president to use the statute to impose tariffs when he announced taxes in February against China, Mexico and Canada to the “extraordinary threat” of undocumented immigrants and illegal drugs that move through US borders.
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The president already faces at least three legal challenges to his tariffs, thought that the main industries trapped in the cross -fire tariff have remained from any legal action for now. Two complaints were filed by conservative legal defense groups on behalf of small businesses, and the third by members of the Blackfeet nation in Montana.
The lawyers of the Department of Justice have argued that all cases presented so far should be handled by the International Trade Court in Washington, which specializes in demands against the Government on commercial issues, and seek judicial cases presented.
California economy
California, a reliable reliable state, has already challenged an executive order that Trump issued to end the citizenship of birth rights and freezing of federal subsidies and loans.
Newsom duration His governance has positioned himself as a national voice on issues, from climate change to abortion rights. His second term ends in 2026, which leads to speculate that he will apply for president.
California represents approximately 14 percent of the gross domestic product of nations, has a population of 40 million and would be considered one of the world’s largest economies if it were an independent country. Newsom has said that its economic weight gives California leverage in the global stage, but also makes it vulnerable to tariffs.
The State plays a crucial role in agriculture and the manufacture of the United States, including semiconductors, computer equipment and vehicles. He exported $ 24 billion in agricultural goods in 2022, almost 13 percent or total exports of American farms. Almond was the largest taxpayer with $ 4.7 billion, followed by dairy products, pistachios and wine, with the main buyers, including Canada, the European Union, China and Hong Kong.
Newsom has said previously that he would try to inspire the state of the Trump Rate Plan directly to global business partners and seeking exemptions, just although it is not clear how he could follow international agreements with foreign partners.
California plans to allege, as the previous demands, that Ipa does not give Trump the authority to impose tariffs and that his actions violate the law in the absence of the approval of the congress, in accordance with the declaration of the Newsom office.
Newsom and Bonta said tariffs have a huge impact on California companies, including their more than 60,000 small businesses.
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Posted on April 16, 2025