Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

Why tariffs are likely to stay even if they’re challenged #Tariffs

Name: Why tariffs are likely to stay even if they’re challenged #Tariffs
Uploaded: 2026-02-28T14:45:13+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: In this commentary, the speaker explains that as the legal dispute over contested tariffs drags on, the existing tariff regime becomes increasingly…

28 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this commentary, the speaker explains that as the legal dispute over contested tariffs drags on, the existing tariff regime becomes increasingly entrenched, making radical remedies—such as declaring the tariffs illegal, halting them immediately, or ordering refunds—unlikely. Experts anticipate that courts will most probably uphold the current tariffs while simultaneously curbing the executive’s future authority to impose similar measures. The outcome is framed as a “hand‑slap” to the executive: acknowledgment that the prior action was questionable, but a decision to leave the tariffs in place and adjust the legal framework to prevent recurrence.

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At least they call themselves that. Yeah, Charlotte. So the, the, the point is, is that as it drags out, right, the status quo becomes or the new normal becomes more entrenched. And so what a lot of the again, the experts are saying is as this drags out, the likelihood of a major, you know, shutdown of, okay, the tariffs are illegal, you got to stop them immediately, you got to refund money. All of these sort of, sort of edge case maybe scenarios are not likely. And what's the most likely at this point as it drags on is for them to say the current tariffs are in fact legal and it should continue, can continue, but we are going to limit the executive authority to do this again in the future and there's going to be some changes on to how the executive authority so, you know, kind of a hand slap, hey, you shouldn't have done that. But we're not going to mess with it because it's entrenched, but we're going to make some changes so that maybe this doesn't happen again. And there's obviously other variants of that.