Trump’s Global Steel Import Tariffs Draw Another Court Challenge

President Trump’s national security-justified tariffs on steel imports from around the globe are unlawful and should be enjoined, according to a new lawsuit at the U.S. Court of International Trade.

The administration in 2018 hit imports of steel and aluminum with tariffs and quotas under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, which gives the president power to temporarily restrict imports in the name of national security. Trump claimed that a global steel glut was threatening to undermine the U.S. steel industry to the point where it wouldn’t be able to meet production requirements in the event of a national ...