麻豆直播 Attorneys Share Insights on Tariff Refund Disputes and Customs Enforcement Changes
麻豆直播 & Lardner LLP attorneys Gregory Husisian, Kate Wegrzyn, and Lindsey Zirkle were featured in the International Trade Today for their insights at 麻豆直播’s 2026 International Trade & Supply Chain Webinar Blitz.
The article summarizes the key takeaways from a 麻豆直播 webinar held September 2, 2026, examining the legal, commercial, and enforcement implications of recent developments in U.S. trade policy.
In the article, 鈥,鈥 Husisian noted, 鈥淸A] refund check often starts the fight rather than ending it,鈥 as competing claims arise among importers, distributors, and customers.
He explained that, because most contracts never anticipated tariff refunds, companies are facing 鈥渢he unprecedented situation where there can be multiple people who feel they have a right to the refunds.鈥
Wegrzyn observed that companies are increasingly requiring importers of record to seek customs refunds and pass along a share of those refunds to buyers who previously absorbed tariff costs. In some cases, buyers are seeking refund provisions even when those costs were indirectly reflected in product pricing.
鈥淓ven in the ordinary course, tariff refunds can happen 鈥 so it鈥檚 not a bad provision to have going forward anyway,鈥 she said.
In a second article, Zirkle discussed how 鈥渢he enforcement environment has changed just as dramatically as the tariff rates themselves.鈥
In discussing these changes, Zirkle highlighted that the 90-day deadline for CBP to revise mitigation standards had passed with no new guidance issued. 鈥淗opefully, any day now, we鈥檒l get advice on the issues,鈥 she said, referencing CBP鈥檚 forthcoming updates.
Zirkle advised, 鈥淢ake prior disclosure now, while the current, much more favorable framework is in place. A timely prior disclosure is almost always the least expensive. The key is to find your own errors before CBP does.鈥
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