For those of you following the lawsuits against the Section 122 tariffs, the Court of International Trade will hold a hearing on April 10. Should be 🔥
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For those of you following the lawsuits against the Section 122 tariffs, the Court of International Trade will hold a hearing on April 10. Should be 🔥
Plane lands safely... (Canada and China true to their word, confirm implementation of terms of tariff truce on deadline)
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
Relateable:
"The Unexpected Winners From Trump’s New Global Tariff" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
“The Supreme Court ruling means allies will now refuse to ratify his one-sided trade deals or will slow-walk the implementation,” says @johnspringford.bsky.social of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social.
buff.ly/uF1AMad
This, plus the fact that tariff revenue to date is far from enough to replace what the U.S. Treasury generates from income taxes.
Endorse!
FedEx sues U.S. seeking full refund of Trump tariffs days after Supreme Court ruling
TACO! aka annoying the EU=bad idea just now?
Section 122 tariffs now being collected at 10%, not Trump's weekend 15%.
Clearly, a well-oiled tariff machine here. 🤷🤷 content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...
Paperwork says 10%, plus long annexes with all the codes for products now exempt:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(Saturday was another empty threat!)
Tariff rebates will go to the importers that actually paid them, because the government knows who they are and what they're owed. Most couldn't pass those refunds on to final consumers even if they wanted to.
The fun part is if these 122's are ruled illegal a year from now, all this happens again!
I also question whether insulting the swing votes on the SCOTUS bench is super-smart - esp. if there are more legal challenges ahead on how other tariff powers are interpreted.
I keep thinking about Trump vowing to make more money off what he does next after this SCOTUS decision. He’s telling on himself - making it even more clear this is about taxation, not security. The majority today said taxation is Congress’s job. Over to you, legislators.
What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve?
If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days?
If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built?
It's a tax. That's all it is.
Again, we should treat answers to "who pays tariffs?" & "does voter fraud exist?" & other social scientific questions as settled law/facts, just like we treat "does the sun rise in the East?" We do not need more research or explainers or both sides debates about this in 2026. It feeds the trolls.
Watching Russian figure skaters at the Milan Olympics - both those that skate as "neutral" athletes and those that have suddenly discovered or manifested a convenient citizenship elsewhere - is yet more proof of Russia's cunning at getting what it wants in this world, sanctions smanctions.
Today's Trade Secrets. A year of Trump. A fierce tariff campaign. And yet globalisation, at least goods and services trade, is....fine? And the campaign has...probably peaked? And companies...aren't much worried any more? Medium-to-long term risks, absolutely. But we've weathered the initial storm.
Succinct… but honestly he’s not wrong with this summation, that’s how it read to me too
"Can Trump keep his tariffs if the Supreme Court invalidates them?"
Alan Wolff of @piie.com looks at the alternative tariff statutes that might be invoked.
Several Supreme Court practitioners and law professors scoffed at the idea that the justices are dragging their feet on tariffs, putting off a potentially uncomfortable ruling against the president. https://to.pbs.org/4rnt6JV
Old enough to remember when province of Ontario ran ads during World Series ftg Reagan's words on free trade and Trump went off about (off-year) election interference/broke off trade talks.
Now this, amid earlier reports of Treasury/State talks w/Alberta separatists, offering $/support?
Cool, cool
Remember Nov 1, 2025 when POTUS and the White House announced a new deal for China to resume soybean purchases after disruption from POTUS's tariffs?
Can you guess what happened? I bet you can...
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
President Donald Trump has delayed new tariff increases on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities for a year, pushing their implementation to 2027.
He signed a proclamation hours before the end of 2025.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
A lot of people are saying Trump's trade war is ineffective, but in reality it keeps delivering for Aussie beef farmers.
The transcripts of the USTR public hearing in preparation for the upcoming USMCA review are now available:
Day 1 - www.ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
Day 2 - www.ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
Day 3 - www.ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
PSA for shortbread bakers:
Based on empirical testing at my house, I can confirm Sandy French is right. This recipe is better if you make it in advance and leave it in your frig for a few weeks. Best get on it right away!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canada, previously:
"We can't develop our resource sector without more foreign investment."
(Some in) Canada, now:
"Oh no! Foreign investors are involved in this priority project! Maybe we shouldn't..."
Folks, we're gonna have to pick a lane here.
