The US logistics company Fedex is pressing for a refund of tariffs already paid with a lawsuit against the government of President Donald Trump. This is about the import fees, which the Supreme Court recently ruled to be unlawful. The lawsuit filed with the Court of International Trade in New York states that the company is demanding “full repayment” of all customs duties paid, which were based on the emergency law called IEEPA. It is directed against the Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP), which is part of the US Department of Homeland Security.
With the lawsuit, Fedex responded to the US Supreme Court’s decision last Friday. Invoking the 1977 emergency law, Trump had bypassed Congress and imposed tariffs on dozens of trading partners since the start of his second term. The Supreme Court declared these tariffs illegal. The judges ruled that the law does not allow the US President to impose tariffs independently. They did not decide whether the government must return customs revenue to importers. Other courts will now have to clarify this.
Fedex’s action is the first lawsuit by a large American company since the ruling, several US media reports. The logistics group argues that it suffered damage because it paid customs duties on imported goods, the legal basis of which has now been found to be unlawful.
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