Image: Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during the ‘Make America Wealthy Again’ event at the the White House on 2 April 2025. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Edward Helmore of The Guardian reports: “A coalition of 25 US states sued the Trump administration on Monday over new tariffs pegged at 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes struck down by the supreme court in February.

The states are asking the US Court of International Trade to halt the tariffs, declare them unlawful and order refunds of duties that have already been paid.

According to the states involved in the action, tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union imposed last month account for 99.4% of US imports. The Trump administration officials have charged that the countries have not done enough to crack down on imports produced by forced labor…”

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