U.S. Food Importer Challenges Trump’s 50% Canada Tariffs

WHO:

NY Post - The Trump administration is a defendant in the lawsuit.

NY Post - The lawsuit was brought by the same group that successfully persuaded the Supreme Court to overturn a large swath of Trump’s levies.

ABC News - A New Jersey food importer filed the lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose the tariffs.

BBC News - The lawsuit challenges the White House’s authority and says the tariffs caused “immediate harm to American businesses.”

IJR - New Jersey cheese importer Gellert Global Group sued over the tariffs.

WHAT:

NY Post - The Trump administration was sued over tariffs on Canadian products.

ABC News - The lawsuit challenges Trump’s power to use a Depression-era law to impose a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

BBC News - The suit argues that the White House exceeded its authority in imposing the latest tariffs on Canada.

IJR - Gellert Global Group sued to block the tariffs and seek refunds with interest.

IJR - The tariffs are described as Trump’s first-ever use of Section 338 and apply at a rate of 50% to $20 billion in Canadian goods.

NY Post - The group behind the case previously succeeded in getting the Supreme Court to overturn a large swath of Trump’s levies.

WHERE:

ABC News - The importer is based in New Jersey.

IJR - Gellert Global Group is a New Jersey cheese importer.

NY Post - The tariffs concern Canadian products.

ABC News - The tariffs apply to Canadian goods.

WHY:

BBC News - The lawsuit alleges that the tariffs caused “immediate harm to American businesses.”

ABC News - The importer challenges the tariffs on the grounds that Trump lacked authority to invoke a Depression-era law to impose them.

HOW:

ABC News - The challenged tariffs were imposed by invoking a Depression-era law.

IJR - The lawsuit seeks to block the 50% tariffs and obtain refunds with interest.

(UPDATED October 21, 2026 00:28 UTC)

A New Jersey cheese importer has sued the Trump administration, challenging its authority to impose tariffs on Canadian goods. Gellert Global Group argues that President Trump lacked the power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products, which it says caused immediate harm to American businesses. The lawsuit seeks to block the tariffs and recover refunds with interest, and was brought by the same group that persuaded the Supreme Court to overturn a large swath of Trump’s earlier levies.