Barry Appleton

Managing Partner - Appleton & Associates International Lawyers

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Canada told the Americans in advance that if these tariffs landed, it would stop negotiating and retaliate,... The American trade representative said publicly he would not tolerate retaliation. Both sides have now committed themselves in public, which is how escalation stops being a choice.''
Presidents have used it for decades, and Congress built it with real guardrails: investigation, consultation, a public record,
The government's defense won't be 'I had no power to do this.' It will be, 'I stayed inside the lines Congress drew.' That is a real fight, not a formality, and it is the one that will decide this case,
The 301s allow a permanent tariff without going to Congress to settle the dispute,
If the government can freeze the refund machinery while it litigates, it buys months, and every month of delay is a month the Treasury keeps the money,
This is a great decision for importers and consumers who paid,

Earlier

FedEx customers sue company for tariff refunds after US Supreme Court ruling

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On Monday, the courier giant filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of International Trade, requesting that the administration provide a “full refund” for the payments it made under President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs, which the Supreme Court struck down last week

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