- Gellert Global Group filed a civil complaint on Oct 20, 2026 asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to declare Trump's 50% Section 338 tariffs on Canadian goods unlawful.
- The complaint asks the court to block enforcement of the tariffs and order the administration to issue refunds for duties already paid, with interest.
- Trump first used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in July to impose tariffs on Canadian hockey sticks, wine, honey, wigs, and other products, the first use of that law for a tariff.
- The Liberty Justice Center represents Gellert Global, the same group that successfully challenged Trump's reciprocal tariffs at the Supreme Court, which struck them down in February.
- The administration is refunding an estimated $166 billion collected through the struck-down reciprocal duties.
- The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on the suit.
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“Section 338 is a relic of the retaliation-based tariff policy”
“This case is not about the president. It is about the presidency”