Consumers sue Amazon for not refunding Trump tariff costs
The proposed class action says Amazon kept hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff costs after the Supreme Court invalidated the levies.
- Consumers filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon on Friday in Seattle federal court, seeking refunds for costs passed to them from tariffs the Supreme Court later ruled were unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump.
- The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision in February that Trump overstepped his authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose the tariffs.
- While thousands of companies are seeking billions in refunds, the lawsuit alleges Amazon has not, claiming it seeks to "curry favor with Trump" by allowing the federal government to retain the funds.
- "The problem is that the funds Amazon is using to stay in the president's good graces do not belong to Amazon," the lawsuit asserts; these funds were wrongfully taken from consumers to cover invalidated IEEPA tariffs.
- Consumers have previously sued companies including Costco, Nike, and FedEx for failing to pass on tariff refunds, and the lawsuit references a 2025 incident where Amazon faced White House blowback over price transparency.
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Consumers sue Amazon for not refunding Trump tariff costs
Amazon.com Inc was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the U.S. Supreme Court later concluded had been unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump.
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Amazon accused of keeping hundreds of millions in tariff costs to curry favor with Trump administration
Amazon faces a class action lawsuit accusing the company of keeping tariff-related costs passed to consumers rather than seeking refunds after a Supreme Court ruling.
This article was originally published on Cedarnews.net. For more exclusive news and reports, visit our website. A group of consumers in Seattle, USA, filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the company of failing to refund customers after the cancellation of tariffs imposed by former US President Donald Trump. According to the lawsuit, the company did not refund the difference or additional charges collected from some customers dur…
Amazon sued for refunds over tariff price increases
Amazon.com is being sued by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the US Supreme Court later concluded had been unlawfully imposed by US President Donald Trump. Consumers in a proposed class action filed in federal court in Seattle alleged that the e-commerce giant collected hundreds of millions of dollars in unlawful tariff costs by raising prices on imported goods before the S…
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