Tariff Refunds Will Take a Long Time

“As soon as the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s steep global tariffs last month, a flood of U.S. businesses began to file lawsuits in the hopes of getting their money back,” the New York Times reports.

“But there was a problem, or so the administration later said: It could take the government as many as 4,431,161 hours to manually process all of the refund requests.”

“By its own count, there were more than 53 million entries for goods — cars, toys, clothes and more — that were subject to illegal duties during the most punishing phase of Mr. Trump’s trade war.”