Trump administration refunds $100bn in tariffs struck down by Supreme Court

Move comes after the US Supreme Court struck down many of Trump’s sweeping levies in February.United States President Donald Trump’s administration has refunded about $100bn in tariffs since the nation’s top court ruled against its use of emergency powers to impose duties on dozens of trade partners, according to customs officials.The Trump administration collected about $166bn from US importers before the US Supreme Court struck down a large portion of the president’s tariff regime in a 6-3 ruling in February.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Mamdani praises El-Sayed’s victory, rejects ‘mini Mamdani’ tropelist 2 of 4FAA says Trump’s Marine One briefly flew too close to passenger jetlist 3 of 4Meta’s AI model follows rivals in revealing hacks of outside systemslist 4 of 4Mexican influencer shot dead during livestreamend of listIn a court filing on Tuesday, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disclosed that it had returned more than three-quarters of $128.68bn in tariff revenues earmarked as “potential and certified refunds”.“CBP’s financial accounting system receives updates from Treasury that indicate these CBP certified refunds are being regularly dispersed,” Brandon Lord, executive director of CBP’s Trade Policy and Programs directorate, said in the filing with the US Court of International Trade.In its ruling, the US Supreme Court found that Trump exceeded his authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose fentanyl-related tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and broader “reciprocal” tariffs on more than 90 countries.Trump angrily denounced the ruling at the time, branding the six justices who sided against him “fools” and “lapdogs” for the Democratic Party.The ruling did not nullify Trump’s tariffs on specific industries invoked under the 1962 Trade Expansion Act, leaving intact duties on goods including steel, automobiles and copper.