FedEx is suing the U.S. government to get back the money it paid in emergency tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled those trade taxes illegal. The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. Court of International Trade, and it could affect thousands of companies and the way imported goods move through U.S. supply chains.
The tariffs were put in place by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The Supreme Court last week said that law did not give the president the power to impose broad tariffs. As a result, businesses that paid those duties are now trying to get their money back.
FedEx’s filing says the company has “suffered injury” from paying the tariffs and wants a “full refund from Defendants of all IEEPA duties Plaintiffs have paid to the United States.” The suit names the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott as defendants.
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