US Trade Judge Takes Unusual Step of Personally Defending His $166B Tariff Refund Order Against Trump Appeal
A US trade judge personally responded to the Trump administration's appeal of his order to refund $166 billion in tariffs after the Supreme Court declared them unlawful.
cnbc.comA US trade judge personally responded to the Trump administration's appeal of his order to refund $166 billion in tariffs. The Supreme Court had declared the tariffs unlawful. The judge's direct reply to the administration's appeal of his own order is described as an unusual step.
The amount of tariffs involved totals $166 billion. The Trump administration appealed the US trade judge's order to refund the tariffs. The judge took the unusual step of personally responding to that appeal.
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