Washington Joins 25 States Suing Trump Administration Over New Tariffs

Washington joined 24 other states on Monday in a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump's latest round of tariffs, arguing in the U.S.

That report is what USTR cited when it proposed the 10% and 12.5% tariffs now in effect.

That attempt fared no better.

An OFM analysis of the administration's earlier tariff rounds estimated that tariffs at this scale put approximately 30,000 Washington jobs at risk, concentrated in two industries the state's economy leans on heavily: aerospace and agriculture.

Other attorneys general in the coalition made similar arguments in sharper terms.

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Washington and 24 other states sued the Trump administration Monday over new 10-12.5% Section 301 tariffs, the third such challenge in five months after two earlier tariff schemes were struck down in court.

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