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– Currently (2026.01.08) the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on Trump’s tariff policy is in progress.
– Bloomberg News reports that more than 1,000 companies have filed lawsuits for tariff refunds in the U.S. As of the 6th, a total of 914 lawsuits for tariff refunds have been filed.
– Almost all lawsuits will be filed after November 2024. The Supreme Court will begin oral arguments in this lawsuit challenging the legality of tariffs on the 5th of that month.
– The U.S. Supreme Court announced a ruling on a major case on January 9, 2024, raising speculation that it may be a tariff ruling.
– Among the companies involved in the lawsuit, there are subsidiaries of foreign companies such as Japan and China.
– Bloomberg News interprets these companies’ lawsuits as a preemptive measure in case the Supreme Court determines the tariffs are illegal.
– Tariffs collected by the Trump administration after announcing the reciprocal tariff policy in April 2025 amounted to $133 billion (approximately 193 trillion won) as of December 14, 2025.