Mark DiPlacido

So once they're put in place, they are indefinite, but they do require that work on the front end to establish the justification through an investigation by the U.S.

Trade Representative's Office.

Yes, he'll have a lot more flexibility on rates across different countries under either the Section 301 authority or the Section 232 authority.

And I think that's going to be a key part of his leverage as the conversations and negotiations continue over the coming months.

This Section 301 authority, which the president has already used on multiple countries for

multiple different reasons is going to be hanging over in the background and and i think given the president's negotiation style uh it's it's pretty evident that he's going to be willing to turn that authority on any country that tries to renege on the deals that have been established

So my understanding is that the Supreme Court case at the Supreme Court level really did not speak to that repayment issue at all.

And so that's going to have to be remanded down to the lower courts.

I know the Treasury Secretary,

Scott Besson spoke in a couple interviews about it this weekend and essentially said that that's going to be up to the lower courts to decide who gets these repayments and on what timeline.