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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer has initiated legal action against the U.S. government over tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, seeking reimbursement for duties previously paid.
Four of its subsidiaries in the United States initiated a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade on January 26, arguing that the language of the IEEPA does not mention “tariff” or any comparable term.
Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in February last year, the U.S. has levied import tariffs on goods from nearly every foreign country, including those from which the company exports vehicles to the United States, using the authority granted by the IEEPA.
The company claims the U.S. government should return all tariffs paid under the IEEPA, including interest, asserting these duties lack statutory backing and violate the Administrative Procedures Act, according to legal documents.
This legal action aligns the company with over a thousand other firms—such as Costco Wholesale, Goodyear, Toyota, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries—that have filed suits against the U.S. government regarding IEEPA-related tariffs.
The company’s U.S. operations include its headquarters in Los Angeles, a forklift distribution center in Rancho Dominguez, an energy storage network, and an electric bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster, which still depends on imported components for assembly.
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