{"id":983,"date":"2026-11-13T19:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2026-11-13T19:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:21:58","slug":"architects-us-trade-policy-turn-against-trump-canada-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Architects of US Trade Policy Turn Against Trump Over Canada Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"av-in-brief\"><strong>In brief:<\/strong> Three former senior U.S. trade officials, including Carla Hills \u2014 a key architect of NAFTA \u2014 have filed a legal brief urging the U.S. Court of International Trade to strike down President Donald Trump&#x27;s 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods. Filed November 11, the brief argues the administration improperly invoked Section 338 of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, a law they say was superseded by Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The brief supports a lawsuit brought by Gellert Global Group, represented by the Liberty Justice Center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"av-faq\">\n<h2>Key questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Why are former U.S. trade officials challenging Trump&#8217;s Canada tariffs?<\/h3>\n<p>Carla Hills, Alan Wolff, and Warren Maruyama argue that the administration bypassed congressional safeguards by invoking Section 338 of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which they say was effectively superseded by Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a law that requires investigations, public consultation, and discussions with the trading partner.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is suing over Trump&#8217;s Canada tariffs?<\/h3>\n<p>Gellert Global Group, a New Jersey-based food importer with combined annual revenues exceeding $1.7 billion, brought the lawsuit, represented by the Liberty Justice Center.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"av-schema\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Why are former U.S. trade officials challenging Trump's Canada tariffs?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Carla Hills, Alan Wolff, and Warren Maruyama argue that the administration bypassed congressional safeguards by invoking Section 338 of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which they say was effectively superseded by Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a law that requires investigations, public consultation, and discussions with the trading partner.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Who is suing over Trump's Canada tariffs?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Gellert Global Group, a New Jersey-based food importer with combined annual revenues exceeding $1.7 billion, brought the lawsuit, represented by the Liberty Justice Center.\"}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/av-faq --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-canada-tariffs-former-trade-officials-12711682\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek \u2014 Architects of US Trade Policy Turn Against Trump Over Canada Tariffs<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/13\/2026\/us-president-donald-trump-threatens-new-mexico-tariffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Semafor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Canada tariffs, trade policy, Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, Section 338, NAFTA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three former senior U.S. trade officials, including Carla Hills \u2014 a key architect of NAFTA \u2014 have filed a legal brief urging the U.S. Court of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8,2],"tags":[1166,1169,1168,1167,599],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-j-trump","category-law","category-politics","tag-canada-tariffs","tag-nafta","tag-section-338","tag-smoot-hawley-tariff-act","tag-trade-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}