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Canadian counter-tariffs could weaken arguments in U.S. legal challenge to Trump’s Section 338 tariffs, says MEI

Montreal, September 23, 2026 – Canada’s counter-tariffs could complicate U.S. legal proceedings aiming to invalidate the most recent tariffs imposed by President Trump. So says Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at George Mason University and co-counsel for the plaintiffs in the VOS Selections, Inc. v. Trump case that led to the invalidation of certain tariffs, in an Economic Note published this morning by the MEI.

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