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Trump's Section 301 forced-labor tariffs are being challenged in trade court again

A panel of three judges heard arguments Wednesday from small businesses and 25 states who say the duties covering 99.4% of U.S. imports exceed the president's legal authority

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A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of International Trade in Manhattan heard arguments Wednesday from small businesses and a coalition of Democratic-led states challenging President Donald Trump's Section 301 tariffs on goods from dozens of trading partners.

The tariffs, which took effect in late July, set rates of 10% or 12.5% on imports from somewhere between 60 and 86 nations — a scope that encompasses 99.4% of all U.S. imports — based on the administration's determination that those countries had not adequately cracked down on forced-labor goods moving through their supply chains. It marks the third........

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