Trump sued over Canadian tariffs in latest legal challenge

The lawsuit seeks to challenge the White House's reliance on retaliatory tariffs imposed by Canada to justify its own duties under Section 338. Canada has imposed a series of countermeasures against numerous US tariffs. Last month, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney matched the Section 338 US tariffs "dollar for dollar" after Trump imposed them for what he called "unequal treatment" of US cars, dairy and alcohol.It also points out Section 338 requires a 30-day waiting period before levies can be imposed, but the tariff on products including cheese was added to the list just a week before tariff collection began.Sara Albrecht, chief executive of the Liberty Justice Center, said the case was not about Trump himself but about the presidency."No president should have the power to pull a dormant statute off the shelf and use it to impose sweeping tariffs or import bans without the limits Congress required," she said.The lawsuit argues that Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 has been superseded by Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. It also argues that if Section 338 still applies, the White House has not established the legal basis for the sweeping tariffs against Canada."The case...