The Trump administration “will be ready” to refund at least some of the tariffs it has collected this year if the Supreme Court overturns them, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday, a day after Justice Amy Coney Barrett worried that doing so could create an administrative “mess” for the government and importers alike
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Lawyers tracking the Supreme Court litigation over President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs, as well as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, say they expect the justices to accelerate their usual practice and decide the case by early 2026, or even the end of December.
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