Consumer
Top US Retailers Balked at Challenging Trump Tariffs in Court
As of Tuesday afternoon, no industry group has filed a legal challenge against the trade levies.
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The Friday before President Donald Trump’s April 2 announcement of across-the-board tariffs, the top lawyer for one of the biggest US retail industry groups updated members on planning for a potential lawsuit over the trade levies.
Those efforts had been put on hold, said Deborah White, general counsel for the Retail Industry Leaders Association, even though the group’s research indicated a legal case had a good chance of succeeding on the merits.