In lawsuit filed Friday, plaintiffs charged that U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer "failed to provide a reasoned, record-based explanation for its determinations" in a applying a fresh round of sweeping tariffs. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
July 25 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's latest round of sweeping tariffs was hit with a lawsuit on Friday, just hours after going into effect.
Two small businesses challenged the newest levies, which apply 10% to 12.5% tariffs to more than 80 countries, justified under a provision to prevent goods made with forced labor from being imported.
The lawsuit was filed by a spice company in New York, Burlap and Barrel, and a California watch store, Collective Horology.
They are represented by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal nonprofit that won a Supreme Court case against the president's previous round of tariffs.
