There is also a small New York winery behind the decision of the American judges to block Donald Trump’s duties. Vos Selections sued together with four other small companies and 12 American states, denouncing the “existential threat”, almost a “death sentence”, represented by the rates for small and medium -sized stars and stripes. A legal action that Victor Schwartz, the founder of Vos Selections, would never have imagined to present in his 40 years of activity, and which he won.
“I was incredulous,” he said to CNN’s microphones after the victory in court in May for the first instance hearing, confirmed yesterday by the appeal. Schwartz, who treats Italian wine labels, was preparing a plate of pasta when his lawyer called him and communicated the historic result.
“Let’s say that when I founded yours 40 years ago I had no idea that I would engage in such a cause and that I would have found myself involved in an action against the executive power of the United States,” he added evidently satisfied. For Schwartz Trump’s duties are not new. Already during the first mandate, his Vos had been affected by the tightness decided by the president. “We are not a large company, we cannot navigate in this storm,” he explained. The founder of Vos was put in touch with the Liberty Justice Center.
The association has challenged the president in court also on behalf of four other small companies: Fishusa, a company for fishing clothing equipment; Terry Precision Cycling specialized in female cycling; Microkits that designs small electronic kits to teach children how to build simple devices and gadgets; And Genoa pipes that produces pipes by importing resin materials from South Korea and Taiwan. Separately another cause had also been presented by 12 American states, led by Arizona and Oregon. In legal action it was stated that “by claiming the authority to impose enormous and constantly evolving duties, the president subverted the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy”.
The States also reported Trump’s excited appeal to “declare emergencies for any reason he deems convenient”. The president had announced the mutual duties on the basis of an “economic emergency” that the administration, even after the sentence, continues to claim by saying ready to act without hesitation.