India, April 24 -- As many as 12 American states on Wednesday sued the Trump administration in New York's US court of international trade to stop President Donald Trump's tariff policy, arguing that it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the country's economy.

The lawsuit said that the policy imposed by Trump has left the national trade policy subject to the US President's "whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority", a report from The Associated Press said.

The states that have brought the lawsuit are Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Vermont.

The suit also sought to challenge Trump's claim that he could arbitrarily impose tariffs on the basis ...