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Gellert Global Group sues Trump over 50% Canadian tariffs in US trade court

New Jersey importer challenges use of a 1930 tariff statute, saying duties cost over $520,000 in September‑October 2026

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A person shops for cheese at Atwater Market in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on March 9, 2025 [File: Graham Hughes/Reuters]

What this story says

  • Gellert Global Group lodged a trade‑court suit on 20 Oct 2026 against President Trump’s 50 % tariffs on Canadian imports.
  • The complaint says the tariffs were imposed using Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act without congressional approval.
  • Between 16 Sept and 11 Oct the company paid over $520,000 in duties on Canadian cheese and other goods.
  • The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Gellert by the Liberty Justice Center.

Who covered it

Left 45%(14)Centre 39%(12)Right 16%(5)

Percentages are shares of the 31 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 10 of the 41 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

86/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

15/100

41 sources · methodology

On Tuesday, 20 October 2026, Gellert Global Group, a New Jersey food‑importer, filed a complaint in the US Court of International Trade in New York. The filing challenges President Donald Trump’s decision to levy a 50 percent tariff on a range of Canadian products, arguing that the action exceeds the president’s authority because it relies on Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act, a statute that has never been used for such purposes.

The complaint states that between 16 September and 11 October the company paid more than $520,000 in duties on Canadian cheese and other items. Gellert says the tariffs have raised costs, disrupted long‑standing supplier relationships and created uncertainty throughout its supply chain.

Liberty Justice Center, the nonprofit that filed the suit on Gellert’s behalf, argues that newer trade laws, such as Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act, require investigations and public comment, safeguards that were bypassed. The centre also claims the administration failed to observe the 30‑day waiting period required before new tariffs could be collected.

Points of disagreement between reports

Al Jazeera notes that in February 2025 the US Supreme Court struck down most of the tariffs Trump imposed that year, whereas Barrie 360 reports that a February court decision concluded it was unlawful for Trump to use the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, a different statute, to impose tariffs.

“No president should have the power to pull a dormant statute off the shelf and use it to impose sweeping tariffs or import bans without the limits Congress required.”

— Sara Albrecht, Liberty Justice Center CEO

What the right omitted

No right‑rated outlet published a report on the lawsuit, so the story received no coverage from that side.

$520,000

Duties paid by Gellert

Amount reported in the complaint for the period 16 Sept‑11 Oct 2026

Tags:#TradeLaw#USCanadaTariffs#GellertGlobal#Section338#LibertyJusticeCenter

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 21 Oct 2026, 00:15, and will add the sides that appear.

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

14 rated outlets

  • Al Jazeera highlighted the impact on Gellert’s supply chain, citing the company’s co‑CEO Thomas Gellert’s statement that the tariffs “disrupt those relationships overnight”. The report foregrounded the legal argument that Section 338 is a dormant law and that newer statutes supersede it. It also quoted Liberty Justice Center chair Sara Albrecht: “No president should have the power to pull a dormant statute off the shelf and use it to impose sweeping tariffs or import bans without the limits Congress required.”

Centre

12 rated outlets

  • Barrie 360 focused on the broader trade‑policy context, noting that the tariffs were a response to Canadian measures such as auto‑quota restrictions and liquor bans, and that Canada’s dairy supply‑management system is covered by the US‑Mexico‑Canada Agreement. The article repeated the same Sara Albrecht quote and added that the lawsuit warns any future president could use Section 338 to impose tariffs without meaningful congressional oversight.

Right

5 rated outlets

  • The Washington Times led on a New Jersey food importer filing a lawsuit on Tuesday that challenges President Donald Trump’s authority to use a Depression‑era statute to impose a 50 % tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods. VINnews reported the same facts in its digest.
  • The Boston Herald added that the plaintiff is the Gellert Global Group, a third‑generation family firm that imports Canadian cheese, and that the case was brought before the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York. La Nación noted the group asked the court to declare the tariffs illegal, while Le Journal de Montréal described the filer as an American food‑import company contesting a 50 % customs surcharge.
  • None of the right‑rated digests include any statement from the Trump administration, nor do they cite reactions from Canadian officials or industry groups. The digests also omit discussion of possible effects on Canadian exporters or on U.S. consumers.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Gellert Global Group sues Trump over 50% Canadian tariffs in US trade…?
Of the 31 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 45% are rated left, 39% are rated centre, 16% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 41. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Gellert Global Group sues Trump over 50% Canadian tariffs in US trade… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 31 rated outlets on this story, 45% are rated left, 39% are rated centre, 16% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Gellert Global Group sues Trump over 50% Canadian tariffs in US trade… biased?
Gellert Global Group sues Trump over 50% Canadian tariffs in US trade court is one event reported by 41 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Gellert Global Group sues Trump over 50% Canadian tariffs in US trade…?
41 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Why did Gellert Global Group file a lawsuit?
The importer alleges President Trump exceeded his authority by using Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act to impose 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods without congressional approval, arguing newer trade laws require safeguards that were ignored.
How much did Gellert pay in duties before filing the suit?
The complaint states the company paid more than $520,000 in duties on Canadian imports between 16 September and 11 October 2026, a cost the firm says threatens its supply‑chain relationships.
What legal precedent does the lawsuit cite?
The filing points to Section 338 of the Smoot‑Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, a dormant statute never previously used for tariffs, and argues that later statutes such as Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act supersede it.
Did any right‑leaning outlet report on the case?
No right‑rated outlet ran a story about the lawsuit, leaving that side of the media landscape without coverage of the dispute.

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