It’s been nearly a year since the word tariff moved from the back pages of economic textbooks to the front and center of media hype, and most people still do not understand how they work. While ...

Within a 24-hour period on February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the “IEEPA tariffs” as unlawful, the president issued a proclamation imposing new global tariffs of 10% (later ...

The fall October’s deficit relative to September’s is entirely due to swings in pharmaceutical imports and gold imports (and exports). Ironically, neither category has been subject to tariffs. Fear of ...

Recent legal developments have opened the door to significant tariff refunds under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). For business owners, this presents both an opportunity and a ...

On Friday evening, in response to the Supreme Court decision (see our earlier advisory), President Trump issued three legally binding actions, including the removal of the existing IEEPA tariffs and ...

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