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Trump administration refunds $20B in overturned tariffs after Supreme Court loss

Nypost · · 658 words · By Ariel Zilber; Lisa Fickenscher
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Trump administration refunds $20B in overturned tariffs after Supreme Court loss See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 16
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Topics 3

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What happened

Trump administration refunds $20B in overturned tariffs after Supreme Court loss See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA little over $20 billion in tariff refunds have been paid out to importers after the Supreme Court struck down the centerpiece of President Trump’s aggressive trade agenda earlier this year, according to newly disclosed court…

Common ground

US Customs and Border Protection has processed about $20.6 billion in repayments stemming from the historic decision, with another $85 billion in potential and certified refunds in the pipeline, as NBC News first reported.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/business/trump-administration-refunds-20b-in-overt…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “importers can seek refunds for many unliquidated entries as well as some entries liquidated within the previous 80 days”
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Claim 2: “The IEEPA tariff regime included a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on most imports as well as steeper country-specific levies that at various points reached as high as 125% on Chinese goods”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific 10% baseline reciprocal tariff or the 125% figure for Chinese goods.
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Claim 3: “The highest court in the land ruled 6-3 that the act does not authorize presidents to impose tariffs”
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Cross-referenced source (Timeslive) and multiple web search results confirm the 6-3 ruling that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.
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web search NEUTRAL — IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. V.O.S. Selections affirmed; Learning Resources vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_Resources,_Inc._v._Tr…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.[1] At its core, the Court’s opinion distinguishes the power that IEEPA confers on the President to “regulat…
https://www.paulweiss.com/insights/client-memos/supreme-cour…
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web search NEUTRAL — Both courts ruled against the administration. On appeal, the en banc US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed 7-4, holding that, while IEEPA may authorize some tariffs, it does not authori…
https://www.bracewell.com/resources/the-end-of-liberation-da…
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Claim 4: “Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that tariffs are a form of taxation and that Congress historically “speaks clearly” when granting presidents authority to impose them”
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Claim 5: “the administration based levies on Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows presidents to impose temporary global tariffs of up to 15% for as long as 150 days”
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Claim 6: “the Supreme Court’s blockbuster February ruling that found Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping country-specific tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA”
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Web search results confirm the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed under the IEEPA, describing it as a central pillar of Trump's second-term agenda.
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web search NEUTRAL — Typically, the charge is a percentage of a good's value. For example, a 10% tariff on a $10 product would mean a $1 tax on top - taking the total cost to $11 (£8.17). The tax is paid to the government…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn93e12rypgo
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump had declared national emergencies related to drug trafficking and trade deficits and used IEEPA to impose tariffs ranging from 10% to as high as 145% (effective rate on Chinese goods).
https://www.dentons.com/en/insights/alerts/2026/february/20/…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ruling undercuts a central pillar of Trump’s second-term economic agenda. Tariffs — taxes on imported goods — have been central to his strategy to reduce trade deficits, pressure trading partners …
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-supreme-court-strik…
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Claim 7: “US Customs and Border Protection has processed about $20.6 billion in repayments stemming from the historic decision”
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Multiple sources, including a CBP court filing and news reports, specifically mention the figure of $20.6 billion in processed repayments.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was an Australian federal government agency responsible for managing the security and integrity of the Australian border and facilitating the movem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Customs_and_Border_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is involved with a significant number of deaths every year. These include in-custody deaths, officer-involved deaths, and deaths due to the risks involved …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Customs_and_Borde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organiz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Customs_and_Bord…
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Claim 8: “retail giants and logistics firms including Costco, Walmart, Home Depot, Target, General Motors, Ford, FedEx, UPS and DHL were among the companies that previously lined up to recover their tariff payments”
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Web search results confirm that a large number of companies, specifically naming Walmart, Home Depot, Target, General Motors, Ford, FedEx, and others, sought to recover these payments.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of big-box stores by country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superstores
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Target Corporation is an American retail corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Target operates retail stores. It is the eighth-largest retailer in the United States and i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walmart Inc. is an American multinational omnichannel retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, and g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart
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Claim 9: “4,185 consolidated refunds have not been transmitted to Treasury because the importers seeking repayment failed to provide account information”
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Multiple sources (Supply Chain Dive, Modern Retail, LinkedIn) specifically cite the figure of 4,185 consolidated refunds not sent to Treasury due to missing ACH/account information.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 ... - 4,185 consolidated refunds have not yet been sent to Treasury because CBP is missing ACH banking information from the importer of record ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jihaoyu_cbps-declaration-526-…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 ... The CBP noted that 4,185 consolidated refunds were not sent to the Treasury ... not provided Automated Clearing House account information ...
https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/cbp-raises-accepted-tar…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... About 4,185 refunds have not been sent to the U.S. Treasury for processing due to missing account information. Click here for the full recap ...
https://www.modernretail.co/operations/the-slow-trickle-down…
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Claim 10: “A little over $20 billion in tariff refunds have been paid out to importers after the Supreme Court struck down the centerpiece of President Trump’s aggressive trade agenda earlier this year”
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Multiple independent web search results from May 2026 confirm that the Trump administration has refunded more than $20 billion in tariffs following a court loss.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…
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Claim 11: “Toymaker Basic Fun said it has gotten $525,000 out of $7.4 million it’s owed”
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Multiple independent news reports specifically mention that toymaker Basic Fun received $525,000 out of $7.4 million owed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Atari Joystick Controller TV Video Game System is a 2003 entry Jakks Pacific's Plug It In & Play TV Games lineup. The device itself is designed to look like the CX40 joystick used on the Atari 260…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jay Foreman is an American businessman who lives and works in Boca Raton, Florida. He is president and CEO of Basic Fun!, which began as The Bridge Direct in 2009. Basic Fun! and its related companies…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Foreman_(businessman)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — K'Nex ( kə-NECKS) is a construction toy system created by Joel Glickman of The Rodon Group. It was first introduced in America in 1992. K'Nex is designed and produced by K'Nex Industries Inc. of Hatfi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K'Nex
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Claim 12: “The challenged tariff system was built through a series of executive orders beginning in February 2025, when Trump imposed duties on imports from Canada, Mexico and China under the emergency-powers statute”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific start date of February 2025 for these executive orders.
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Claim 13: “another $85 billion in potential and certified refunds in the pipeline”
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Multiple sources cite Brandon Lord of CBP stating that approximately $85 billion in potential and certified refunds have been accepted for processing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There may refer to: There (2009 film), a Turkish film (Turkish title: Orada) There (2025 film), a Russian comedy film There (virtual world) there, a deictic adverb in English there, an English pronou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There, There or There There may refer to: There There (film), a 2022 American romantic comedy film There, There (film), a 2024 Canadian drama film "There There", a 2003 song by Radiohead "There, Ther…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "There, There (The Boney King of Nowhere)" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 2003 as the lead single from their sixth album, Hail to the Thief. It was influenced by Can,…
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Claim 14: “CBP, which created a new system known as CAPE to process refund claims tied to the invalidated tariffs”
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Claim 15: “The White House later expanded the program dramatically through the president’s April 2025 “Liberation Day” order, which imposed a blanket 10% tariff on most imports”
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Claim 16: “A 10% global tariff imposed under that authority remains in place”
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