4 days Ago By Extra Reporter
Donald Trump was sued yesterday by the governor of California in a bid to end the US president’s trade tariff chaos. Gavin Newsom, a long-standing adversary of Mr Trump, accused him of abusing his powers and financially harming California and the rest of the United States. The US leader has imposed 10% tariffs on all goods from overseas and even higher tariffs on countries he says have high barriers to US imports – some of which, including a 25% EU tariff, he has paused for 90 days.
Gavin Newsom. Pic: Emma McIntyre/Getty ImagesChina has retaliated to a 145% tariff with a 125% levy of its own. Democrat Mr Newsom, 57, viewed as a potential presidential candidate, traded blows with Mr Trump over the handling of wildfires in California earlier this year.
In yesterday’s lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, Mr Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta, another Democrat, say the US president does not have the power to impose sweeping tariffs without the consent of Congress. U.S.
President Donald Trump. Pic: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesCalifornia would, on its own, be the world’s fifth-largest economy. Its main trading partners are China, Mexico and Canada, all hit by the trade war.
Mr Newsom and Mr Bonta are asking the court to stop border authorities from enforcing the tariffs. Mr Newsom said ‘no state is poised to lose more than the state of California’. Mr Trump already faces two anti-tariff lawsuits – one in New York by a business advocacy group and one in Florida by a small business owner.
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