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After Supreme Court Verdict, US Customs Stops Collecting Disputed Tariffs

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After Supreme Court Verdict, US Customs Stops Collecting Disputed Tariffs

More than three days after the Supreme Court’s ruling, on Tuesday, the US Customs and Border Protection agency will cease collecting tariffs that the court declared unlawful.

According to reports, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs, ruling that he lacks the right to impose import duties under emergency powers.

Through its Cargo Systems Messaging Service, the border agency informed shippers that, as of Tuesday AM, all tariff codes associated with Trump’s emergency powers measures will be suspended.

The period coincides with Trump’s implementation of a new 15% global tariff, which has been overturned by the Supreme Court, using a different legal authority.

For days after the Supreme Court ruled that the levies were illegal, Customs and Border Protection failed to provide an explanation for why it continued to collect them at US ports, according to information obtained by Naija News. Regarding the possibility of refunds for importers, the agency again made no mention.

Stopping these collections has no bearing on other tariffs Trump has imposed, including those based on unfair trade practices acts and national security laws, the government clarified.

“CBP will send out CSMS messages to the trade community with further guidance as needed,” the agency stated.

The US Treasury received an increase of about $133 billion from the emergency powers tariffs, according to economists at the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Their estimates indicate that prior to the Supreme Court’s intervention, the tariffs were generating more than $500 million every day.

All of that money is currently in legal limbo while businesses wait to find out if they can get reimbursement for tariffs that the country’s top court claims the government collected illegally.

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