Just when you thought we'd be stuck in a holding pattern on an IEEPA tariffs decision from the US Court of International Trade for some yet-to-be-determined amount of time, there's news to report! But before you get too excited, I'll tell you right now that there's still no decision yet at the time of writing on January 27, 2026.
To catch you up if you haven't been following every twist and turn of what's been going on, you can read our previous coverage here. For a brief recap, Kawasaki, Costco, and a whole bunch of other major companies with names you know and whose products you probably have in your home right now have all sued the US Customs and Border Patrol in the US Court of International Trade, substantially arguing that the president's previous declaration of IEEPA tariffs aren't legal.
Just before the New Year, the Court of International Trade panel of three judges who will decide on these cases issued a stay on these cases "following a final, unappealable decision in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. United States, which is the case that was argued before the Supreme Court in November 2025, and upon which a decision is expected to be issued sometime before the Court's current session ends in June 2026.
