Alina Selyuk

Alina Seljuk, NPR News.

What we know for now is that the Supreme Court says about half of President Trump's tariffs from last year were unlawfully collected.

So whoever paid those tariffs is owed their money back.

We're talking altogether more than $100 billion in tariffs.

And how that money gets returned is unclear.

Ask anyone who sells anything in the U.S.

what's on their mind, and they'll probably say tariff refunds.

The U.S.

government has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs imposed by President Trump, but now the Supreme Court has struck down about half of them.

Anyone who paid those tariffs should get their money back, and that anyone is often small business owners, like Sarah Wells in Virginia.

She sells backpacks and other products for new moms for breastfeeding.

They're made overseas.

And we not only need the money back but we need a process to get the money back.

Which she hopes will not require hiring lawyers or brokers.

extensive paperwork, or years-long litigation.

Alina Seljuk, NPR News.

Trump has vowed to get his tariffs back.

It was a matter of hours after the Supreme Court ruling that he reimposed a global tariff at 10%.

A day later, he posted online it's going to be 15%.

He's finding new legal avenues, which do come with caveats, like these tariffs can only be temporary for about five months unless Congress extends them.