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Consumers Sue Companies Over Unreturned Trump-Era Tariff Refunds

American consumers are pursuing legal action against companies, including Five Below and Sony, for failing to pass on tariff refunds. These refunds, totaling approximately $100 billion, were disbursed by the Trump administration to U.S. companies after import taxes were deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court. While some companies like Amazon have pledged to return funds under specific conditions, others are being sued for allegedly retaining the refunds and profiting from increased prices passed onto consumers. AI

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Consumers Sue Companies Over Unreturned Trump-Era Tariff Refunds

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sasha Rogelberg ·

    The Trump administration has doled out $100 billion in tariff refunds, but Americans are suing U.S. companies for not seeing a penny of the returns

    Customers of Five Below, Sony, and Nintendo have filed class action lawsuits demanding they receive refunds from the struck-down import taxes.