Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued Wednesday, blocking the tariffs on President Donald Trump.
Litigation He says California’s economy has been “directly harmed” and argues Trump’s efforts to enact tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Rights Act (IEPA) are unconstitutional.
“President Trump’s new tariff regime will already have a catastrophic effect on the economy, cause disruption in stock and bond markets, wipe out hundreds of billions of dollars in an era of hundreds of billions of dollars, and freeze investments in the face of such consequent presidential lawsuits and processes, putting the country at a disadvantage,” the lawsuit states.
On April 9, Trump announced that all countries except China would implement a 90-day suspension except China, which has seen a 125% increase.
“Instead of focusing on California’s rampaging crime, homelessness and affordable nature, Gavin Newsom is spending his time trying to block President Trump’s historic efforts to ultimately deal with the national emergency of our country’s sustained commodity trade obstacles.” “The entire Trump administration is committed to tackling the emergency in this country, which is destroying American industry and making it possible to use everything from tariffs to negotiations at its disposal.”
Donald Trump has no authority to unilaterally impose the largest tax hike of our lifetime with his destructive tariffs.
We take him to court. pic.twitter.com/lam1nrx300
– Gavin Newsom (@gavinnewsom) April 16, 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta I wrote it In a statement Wednesday, Trump’s “confusing and accidental implementation of tariffs is not only deeply troublesome, but also illegal.”
“Californians are seeking fallout from the effects of their choices, from farmers in Central Valley to small businesses in Sacramento to worrying about their kitchen tables, from the effects of their choices.
Previously Newsom announcement Plans to ask trading partners to exempt California-made products from retaliatory tariffs. (Related: Gavin Newsom’s plan to dodge Trump’s tariffs could hit a small thing called the Constitution, jurists say.
The new conservative Civil Liberties Union (NCLA) filed a lawsuit on April 3 to challenge Trump’s Chinese tariffs on behalf of Florida-based small businesses, claiming the president had misused imposing them.
“Parliament passed the IEEPA not to grant the President a blank check to write domestic economic policies, but to counter external emergency,” they argued.
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