The wholesaler is the latest company to file a lawsuit against a federal agency over the president’s signature economic policy.

Costco Wholesale has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, asking the Court of International Trade to consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful.

The company said in a Nov. 28 filing that it is seeking a “full refund” of all IEEPA duties paid as a result of Donald Trump’s executive order which imposed what he called “reciprocal” tariffs.

“Because IEEPA does not clearly authorize the President to set tariffs…the Challenged Tariff Orders cannot stand and the defendants are not authorized to implement and collect them,” Costco’s lawyer writes in the lawsuit.

Global cosmetics giant Revlon, eyeglass maker EssilorLuxottica, motorcycle manufacturer Kawasaki, canned foods seller Bumble Bee, Japanese auto supplier Yokohama Tire and many smaller firms have also filed similar suits

  • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    623·
    16時間前

    That’s great but only represents Costco. I purchased a lot of things not from Costco that had explicit tariff surcharges on them

        • forrgott@lemmy.zip
          243·
          15時間前

          No. That’s what we call “hijacking the thread”, which is just plain rude.

          ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          • fodor@lemmy.zip
            53·
            13時間前

            Sorry, but you’re wrong here. Discussing the obvious implications (if CostCo wins, so does every other import company) is a natural thing to do in this location. If you don’t like it, don’t follow those threads.

          • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
            59·
            15時間前

            The article literally says Costco is just the latest company to file suit and lists a bunch of other companies too

            • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
              152·
              15時間前

              The article is literally about Costco. They throw in a single line at the very end about some other companies.

              • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
                29·
                15時間前

                Yes it’s about Costco filing suit to get a refund for the tariffs they paid, just like every other company that filed the same suit as mentioned

                It is not just about Costco it’s about corporations suing the government to get tariff refunds

                • forrgott@lemmy.zip
                  131·
                  14時間前

                  So, the focus is the article is …the brief side note where they mention the other companies??

                  What the fuck ever, dude.

                  ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

                  • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    38·
                    13時間前

                    I’m shocked yall missing the grander point of this article which is corporations get the tariff refunds and not us 🤷‍♀️