USA: Twelve states continue the Trump administration because of its customs duties 34
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A dozen states brought legal action on Wednesday against the Trump administration to put an end to its pricing policy. They filed a complaint before the United States International Commercial Court in New York, saying that it is illegal and that it sows chaos in the American economy.
The complaint affirms that the policy implemented by President Donald Trump submits the national trade policy to his capricious reasons rather than in the legitimate exercise of his authority.
The complaint disputes the affirmation of the president that he could arbitrarily impose on customs duties under a law conferring particular economic powers during an international emergency. States ask the Court to declare these customs duties illegal and prevent their application by the government.
The complainant states are Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Vermont.
Only the congress has the power to impose customs duties
In a press release, the general prosecutor of Arizona, Kristin Mayes, described the price plan for Mr. Trump as insane.
She argued that he was not only economically reckless, but also illegal.
The complaint affirms that only the congress has the power to impose customs duties and that the president cannot invoke theInternational Emergency Economic Powers Act that when an emergency presents a unusual and extraordinary threat coming from abroad.
By claiming the power to impose important customs duties which constantly change on the goods of his choice entering into the United States, for whatever reason that he considers it time to declare a state of emergency, the president has turned upside down the constitutional order and sown chaos in the American economysays the complaint.
