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Trump's Economic Adviser Says Tariff Refunds Would Be 'Very Complicated' and Unlikely
Eric Boehm | 12.23.2025 12:35 PM
The Trump administration is finally confronting the complicated reality of its complex and costly tariff policies.
Oh, not when it comes to collecting those tariffs. The administration is happy to keep doing that.
But if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Trump's tariffs are illegal and requires the administration to issue refunds—then, suddenly, the complexity is an unsolvable problem. At least, that's the line that Kevin Hassett, director of the White House's National Economic Council, is trying out.
If the Supreme Court rules against Trump's tariffs, "it's going to be pretty unlikely that they're going to call for widespread refunds, because it would be an administrative problem to get those refunds out to there," Hassett told CBS News on Sunday.
"It'd be very complicated," he added. "It's........
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