Trump Administration Loses Push to Delay Tariff Refund Fight

Shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California.

Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request to delay next steps in the fight over tariff refunds for importers, after the US Supreme Court struck down the president’s signature economic policy.

In an order Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took immediate steps to reopen the legal proceedings and send the case back to the US Court of International Trade. The court denied the government’s request to maintain a pause for as long as four months.