This U.S. company says it will fight Trump’s tariffs in court

This is a very unlikely front line in the Canada-U.S. trade war. We're in a warehouse owned by Gellert Global Group. It's an American-based food importer and they do a lot of business with Canada. Take a look at this. We've got Canadian cheese, brie, camembert. Right over here, we've got Canadian goat cheese. The thing is, those tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump imposed after trade talks fell apart back in August, well, these products are hit by that 50% tariff. And the owners of this company, they say it's not sustainable to be able to pay that fee. It's up to roughly $40 million per year if these tariffs continue to remain in place. And so the company is suing the Trump administration to try and end the tariffs and get refunds. Walk me through. What was the decision like to say, okay, you know what, we're going to launch a lawsuit against these tariffs? 50% is not sustainable. You know, even we've been through a very tariff environment over the last year and a half. We've been navigating that. Customers are not going to take price increases. Everyone is sort of beat down and tired under the inflationary pressures, and consumers are tired. So we can't really increase prices. 50% is something that we can't absorb. The legal process is likely to be a lengthy one. Things don't move quickly through the courts. The company is arguing that the president doesn't actually have the authority to impose these kinds of tariffs, that taxation is a matter for congress. It also argues that there's a product mismatch, that the tariffs don't actually meet the justification the way it's lived up to in the law. So they're hopeful that perhaps the courts will rule in their favour. They've hired the law firm that was successful in overturning other tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, those IEPA tariffs. Canadians will be very familiar with those. So they're hopeful that the legal process will go their way. It is expected to be a lengthy process, though, and so they are hoping that perhaps Canada and the United States can reach some kind of agreement so that this trade war can end and these products can be sold without this additional fee.