Trump Weighs In on Companies’ Efforts to Recoup Tariff Payments
The US customs agency this week kicked off a effort to deliver tariff refunds online
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President Donald Trump sent what might be construed as a chilling message to the thousands of American importers applying this week for refunds for his illegal tariffs: In his eyes, you might fare better if you don’t.
“It’s brilliant if they don’t do that,” Trump said Tuesday on CNBC when asked whether companies should request repayments on import taxes that the Supreme Court struck down in February.
That ruling set the stage for a complicated task that could become the largest repayment by the US government in its history. (Click here to read the full story.)