Summary
The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a federal lawsuit in Florida challenging Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese imports, arguing he misused emergency powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Trump imposed a 34% tariff on top of a 20% duty from February, citing China’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis.
The lawsuit, filed for retailer Simplified, claims the tariffs violate constitutional separation of powers and lack required legal steps.
It seeks to block the tariffs and reverse changes to the U.S. tariff schedule.
What is chinas role in the opioid crisis? I thought thats the result of the war on drugs and messed up health care system?
They are (or were) the biggest producer of Fentanyl (allegedly).
But I have also heard experts say that Fentanyl manufacturing is just moving to the US for domestic consumption, so I don’t know if it’s still true.
Moving production inside the target country makes complete business sense, why risk the border/import process
That’s what Trump wants after all. To move production inside the country.
