Tariff Refund Lawsuits Surge Amid Uncertainty About US Plans

The number of companies suing for tariff refunds has spiked in recent weeks, a sign that many importers aren’t confident yet in the Trump administration’s plans to create a claims process after the US Supreme Court struck down the president’s trade policies.

Nearly 1,000 new cases were filed in a US trade court since March 1, according to a Bloomberg News review of publicly available records. That’s roughly a third of the more than 3,000 tariff lawsuits brought over the past year.

Customs officials have told a judge that they’re building a new system to handle repayment demands after he ...