New YorkA cheese importer paid over $520,000 in duties, its complaint says.
Gellert Global Group is suing to void Trump’s 50% tariffs on goods from Canada.
Trump invoked Section 338 of the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act, never used before this year, to tariff Canada without Congress.
The suit says the administration waited 7 days, not the required 30, before collecting duties on cheese.
Gellert wants the tariffs declared illegal and refunds with interest, and the White House has not responded.
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- Al Jazeera Online
- quantifies Gellert's $520,000+ in duties paid Sept 16–Oct 11 and the Depression-era statute at issue
Sources: Al Jazeera Online