Costco Joins Companies Suing for Refunds If Trump's Tariffs Fall

[Zorro]

Source: Bloomberg

Costco Wholesale Corp. joined a fast-growing list of businesses suing the Trump administration to ensure eligibility for refunds if the US Supreme Court strikes down the president’s signature global tariffs policy.

The nation’s biggest warehouse club chain is among dozens of companies to file lawsuits in a US trade court since late October challenging President Donald Trump’s use of an economic emergency powers law to impose the levies, according to court records. It’s one of the biggest corporate players to jump into a fight largely driven this year by small businesses and Democratic state officials.

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Trump’s tariffs on Nov. 5. The justices put the fight on a fast-tracked schedule but didn’t say when they intend to rule. In the meantime, businesses of all sizes have brought cases pressing similar legal claims with the goal of avoiding uncertainty about their eligibility for refunds if the court rules against Trump.

Costco’s lawyers wrote that the complaint, filed on Nov. 28 in the US Court of International Trade, was prompted due to the uncertainly that refunds will be guaranteed for all businesses that have been paying duties if the Supreme Court declares the tariffs unlawful.

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[Lovie777]

1. In Los Angeles.............

there are shelves empty.

Tariff's are not good.

[NotHardly]

2. Trump & his crew are the sh*ts

[bronxiteforever]

3. We should all remember next November that GOP Congress

In both chambers decided to sit this one out despite knowing these tariffs are illegal and involve their own congressional power.
Also the Supreme Court could have quickly upheld a lower court decision finding illegality and avoided endless legal delays committed by TSF and the concomitant damage to the US economy.

[Cha]

4. GO COSTCO... My Fave Patriotic DEI

Store!

[BWdem4life]

5. Ok, but then

the companies get refunds on the tariffs, what about the consumers who paid higher prices because the companies charged more for the goods?

[surfered]

7. Exactly.

[ToxMarz]

6. I don't understand why there would be uncertainty as to who would be entitled to refunds

Wouldn't everyone who was subject to the tariffs be equally eligible, or only those wealthy enough to have expensive lawyers proactively file lawsuits.

[delisen]

8. How do we who paid the higher cost of goods get reimbursed? nt

[Enter stage left]

9. You'll have to pry my Costco membership from my cold dead hands!

[moonshinegnomie]

10. the orange fascists should have to repay the tariffs out of his own pocket

every last nickle