00:00The United States has launched a system to refund $166 billion in tariffs to importers
00:08following a court ruling against President Donald Trump's trade measures.
00:13The online portal opens this week, marking the first phase of a broader reimbursement process.
00:21U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the refund will be done in stages,
00:26starting with more recent tariff payments.
00:29Court documents show more than 330,000 importers paid tariffs on over 53 million shipments.
00:35The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that Trump's global tariffs
00:39under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were unconstitutional.
00:44While the court did not specify how refunds should be handled,
00:48a trade court last month ordered the government to begin the process.
00:51It marks the first step in a complex process that could eventually see refunds extended
00:56to consumers who paid tariff costs.
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