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Consumers sue Amazon for not refunding Trump tariff costs (www.hbsslaw.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1126970/consumers-sue-amazon-for-not-refunding-trump-tariff-costs

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[โ€“] GideonD@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (9 children)

This doesn't make sense to me at all. First of all the only party paying an actual tariff is the party that imports the goods. Is that Amazon? For a lot of things, I'm sure it is. For other things, Amazon is just paying a higher price for the goods due to tariffs, but they are not the one paying the tariffs and thus could not be the one to refund them. I work with a lot of different companies to source materials and none of them are refunding any tariffs. What makes Amazon different? Also, last I heard the tariffs were deemed illegal, but that ruling is under appeal so nothing has really changed at this point. Also keep in mind that only the latest round of tariffs is in question. There were tariffs that went into effect in Trump's first term and were upheld during the Biden era. Those aren't going anywhere. I'm not a big fan of Amazon, but I don't see where this lawsuit has any teeth since every other company out there is handling things the same way.

[โ€“] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

For other things, Amazon is just paying a higher price for the goods due to tariffs, but they are not the one paying the tariffs and thus could not be the one to refund them.

The supreme court disagrees with you. Otherwise businesses wouldn't have the option to seek a tariff refund: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-file-for-tariff-refund/

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