Trump administration sued over tariffs in US Court of International Trade

China Shipping container are seen at the port of Oakland, California

By Jack Queen

(Reuters) – A legal advocacy group on Monday asked the U.S. Court of International Trade to block President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, arguing that the president overstepped his authority.

The lawsuit was filed by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal advocacy group, on behalf of five U.S. businesses that import goods from countries targeted by the tariffs.

(Reporting by Jack Queen in New York; Editing by Leslie Adler)