Trump Tries to Push Tariff Fight to Trade Court With Better Odds
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President Donald Trump wants legal challenges to his sweeping tariffs to be heard by a specialized trade court, an approach that worked in his favor during his first administration even though it didn’t give him an immediate victory.
The Trump administration is seeking to transfer three cases filed in federal courts in Florida, Montana and California to the US Court of International Trade, or CIT, whose judges handle technical disputes over tariffs. That court ruled against the president in lawsuits targeting his 2018 steel tariffs, but Trump emerged victorious when an appeals court sided with him.