Trump tariffs face legal challenge as U.S. states seek to reverse border levies

Open this photo in gallery: U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21. Trump has claimed broad authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images U.S. law does not allow Donald Trump to use tariffs as leverage to bend other countries to his will, a coalition of states argued Wednesday. The case in front of New York's Court of International Trade is one of several that seek to reverse the hefty border levies imposed on Canada and other countries. Mr. Trump has claimed broad authority to…