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NJ food importer files lawsuit challenging Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods

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WASHINGTON -- A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

The Gellert Global Group, a third-generation family business that imports Canadian cheese, took its case to the U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized court in New York.

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