Before Friday, President Trump's tariffs, after months of on-again, off-again turbulence, had seemed to finally steady. Now, with the bulk of Trump's tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court, and a new, temporary global tariff in place, fresh questions hang over the U.S. economy.
Will Trump's new 15% tariff meaningfully change trade flows and business operations?
Will the federal government still be able to reap trillions in tariff revenues that could help slow the surging national debt?
Will billions of dollars from the overturned tariffs flow back to the hundreds of businesses demanding refunds?
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