In this week’s Roar: The impact of the Iranian attacks, insurance guarantees for ships, rising energy costs in Europe, backlogs and reduced capacity for air cargo, and importers fighting to get tariff costs back. Like the geopolitics at play, the supply chain impacts of the current Middle East conflict are complex and widespread. With almost no notice, shippers began facing longer lead times, reduced supply availability, route instability, rising transportation and energy costs, and broader uncertainty. To minimize risk from the new disruptions,...

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Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection assured the court that an automated refund tool could be ready within 45 days. In what may be the single largest refund directive in the history of U.S. customs law, Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade on March 4 ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate and reliquidate every entry subject to duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act—"without regard to the IEEPA duties." In...

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Highlights The Court of International Trade (CIT) has ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to begin automatically refunding International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) duties. The order applies broadly to all importers that paid IEEPA duties, but companies must confirm whether their entries are unliquidated, liquidated but not final, or fully final. Key uncertainty remains around what qualifies as “not final” liquidation and how this will impact refunds for importations made, particularly in early 2025. The ruling may...

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It’s an understatement to say it’s been a chaotic year for global trade. For much of 2025 and early 2026, supply chain professionals, importers, and multinational companies have been operating in an environment defined by policy shifts, unclear exemptions, and significant cost volatility. Against that backdrop, the U.S. Supreme Court’s February 20 decision on the legality of the IEEPA tariffs was widely anticipated as a turning point, with many on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean hoping for clarity...

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On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling in the Learning Resources case, concluding that the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration since February 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were unauthorized. The Court’s landmark 6-3 decision produced seven separate opinions with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson in the majority, holding that “the power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration,...

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Notice: Switchover from IEEPA to Section 122 Tariffs in Effect As of 12:01 AM EST February 24, U.S. IEEPA Tariffs have been replaced with a new 10% Section 122 Tariff. This is the result of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the long-debated IEEPA Tariffs last week, deeming them unlawful, and President Trump using his authority to replace them with the temporary (150-day) Section 122 tariff announced this past weekend. Be aware, an “on the water” exception may exist for goods...

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