Liberation Day trade policy legal challenge and refund process
The developments in this story so far, most recent first.
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Trump administration certifies nearly $100B in tariff refunds after court rulings
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US Customs and Border Protection established the CAPE processing system to manage refund efforts.
In late April, US Customs and Border Protection established a dedicated processing system known as CAPE to manage the refund effort.
This system was developed in the context of processing nearly $100 billion in tariff refunds, which followed the legal invalidation of emergency import duties.
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The US Supreme Court struck down the 'Liberation Day' trade policy, ruling that IEEPA did not authorize the duties.
In late February, the US Supreme Court struck down the 'Liberation Day' trade policy. The court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) did not authorize the implementation of these duties.
Under this policy, approximately $166 billion in tariffs had been collected. Following the legal invalidation of these emergency import duties, the US federal government has completed and certified nearly $100 billion in tariff refunds, representing roughly 60% of the total duties collected.