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Gov. Newsom has entered President Trump’s tariff war
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, seeking “injunctive relief to block the tariffs imposed by President Trump.”
Speaking from a Central Valley almond farm, Newsom joined Bonta to announce the lawsuit, arguing that Trump’s actions are unconstitutional because Congress has not approved them.
The president cited the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose his tariffs, which the lawsuit challenges as an unlawful overreach.
Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses President Trump’s tariffs during a news conference Wednesday with state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, left, at an almond farm in Ceres, Calif.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
As of Wednesday evening, the Trump administration has maintained a base 10% tariff on nearly all global imports. Previously announced tariffs on Mexico and Canada — two major U.S. trading partners — stand at 25% for most imports, with some exemptions. Products from China face a whopping 145% tariff.
Bonta said the goal of the lawsuit is to rein in Trump for levying “rogue and erratic tariffs… [that are] causing uniquely immense harm to California’s economy.”
“The risk to California, to our businesses, our workers, our families, cannot be overstated,”…