Trump Administration Seeks Delay in Tariff Refund Fight

The Trump administration is seeking to delay court proceedings over whether it must refund importers billions of dollars in tariffs recently struck down by the US Supreme Court, marking a contentious start to the next phase of the legal fight.

The government wants to wait as long as four months before reviving litigation before the US Court of International Trade on the refund question, according to a filing by the Justice Department late Friday. DOJ lawyers criticized attorneys for companies in one of the lead cases for pressing to reopen the legal wrangling as soon as possible.