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California Attorney General Sues Trump on Tariffs -First State to Sue
California Attorney General Sues Trump on Tariffs
California is First State to Sue Trump on Tariffs
Its Gov. Gavin Newsoms most direct move against Trump since he retook office.
AP 16 APR 2025
SACRAMENTO, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Donald Trump over tariffs in an aggressive move to end the presidents stranglehold on global commerce.
Newsoms lawsuit, announced Wednesday morning with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, is the first challenge from a U.S. state against Trumps signature foreign policy cudgel.
California, the worlds fifth largest economy, stands to lose billions to tariffs with major state industries from Silicon Valley to agriculture heavily dependent on global trade.
Trumps unlawful tariffs are wreaking chaos on California families, businesses, and our economy driving up prices and threatening jobs, Newsom said in a statement. We're standing up for American families who cant afford to let the chaos continue.
The lawsuit is Newsoms most direct legal challenge to Trumps agenda since the president retook office in January. The move instantly reignites Californias war with Trump and cements its place atop the resistance, after Newsom spent months appealing to the president for federal disaster relief, which Trump refused.
Its also notable as a unilateral challenge, underscoring the singular importance of the issue in California. Bonta has worked closely with other blue states on previous lawsuits challenging Trumps immigration policies and federal funding cuts.
Gavin Newsom is spending his time trying to block President Trumps historic efforts to finally address the national emergency of our countrys persistent goods trade deficits, White House spokesperson Kush Desai told POLITICO
Newsom and Bontas argument targets the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, the law Trump is using to impose tariffs without congressional approval. The two Democrats argue Trump lacks the authority to levy tariffs under the law, mirroring a similar case filed Monday by a group of U.S. businesses.
Trump is the first president to impose tariffs using the act, which authorizes the president to regulate financial transactions and foreign assets during emergency circumstances. He has defended the move by asserting America?s trade deficits with other countries pose a national emergency.
Bonta, however, said the widespread economic fallout and sharp stock market declines from Trumps whiplash approach on tariffs pose near daily threats that exceed the bounds of presidential power outlined in the law.
The Presidents chaotic and haphazard implementation of tariffs is not only deeply troubling, its illegal, Bonta said in a statement. Trump has both threatened tariffs on some nations only to pull back at the 11th hour
Back in California, Newsom has scrambled to distance his state from Trump in hopes of fortifying Californias economy. On Monday, he launched a tourism campaign aimed at attracting skittish Canadian visitors back to state beaches and national parks.
Hes also leveraging the states economic prowess as well as its outsize influence over tech policy and climate standards, among other major industries in hopes of forging strategic alliances with countries eyeing retaliatory measures on U.S. goods.
Newsom earlier this month asked world leaders to spare California made products like almonds, wine and Hollywood flicks from retaliatory tariffs.
WHERE AM I?
Newsom would certainly make a better President than Trump has ever been
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QetoNTmyi4
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