In a 6-3 decision released earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration cannot use IEEPA to impose tariffs. In the majority opinion Chief Justice Roberts wrote that if the Trump administration was allowed to prevail with its tariffs agenda it "would replace the longstanding executive-legislative collaboration over trade policy with unchecked Presidential policymaking".

The court did not address the question of whether or how refunds for the tariffs should be implemented.

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