A coalition of over 800 small businesses that were bruised by President Trump’s global tariffs is calling for refunds after the Supreme Court struck them down on Friday.
The group, called We Pay the Tariffs, is demanding “full, fast and automatic” refunds – although Trump suggested in a heated press conference the idea is a non-starter.
A coalition of over 800 small businesses that were bruised by President Trump’s global tariffs is demanding refunds after the Supreme Court struck them down on Friday.
“Our coalition members, who through hard work, late nights, and sweat equity built local businesses, have paid billions in tariffs that should never have been imposed,” the anti-tariff group’s Executive Director Dan Anthony said in a statement.
The court’s 6-3 decision did not address whether the government would have to repay the tariff revenue it has already collected.
Trump sounded a defiant stance Friday, promising to impose a new global 10% tariff and rejecting the idea of refunds.
“I guess it has to get litigated for the next two years. So they write this terrible, defective decision, totally defective. It’s almost like not written by smart people,” he said.
Pressed on the matter, he said: “I just told you the answer, right? I told you the answer. It’s not discussed. We’ll end up being in court for the next five years.”
Still, members of We Pay Tariffs, which includes restaurants, manufacturers and retailers, said refunds were a matter of necessity.
