The first lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs has been filed - what it claims

• Florida entrepreneur Emily Ley has filed the first lawsuit against President Trump's tariffs.
• The lawsuit argues that the 20 per cent tariff on Chinese goods imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) is unlawful.
• Ley contends that IEEPA doesn't grant the president authority to impose tariffs and that Trump's stated reason for the tariffs (trade deficit reduction) contradicts the IEEPA's intended use for emergencies.
• The lawsuit seeks to have the tariffs declared unlawful and blocked.
• Ley's company, Simplified, sources products from China, and she argues that the tariffs will harm American businesses and consumers.

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First lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs argues he illegally used emergency powers