US-based consumer advocacy group files class action lawsuit against Amazon for alleged failure to refund tariff-related costs to consumers.
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’is facing a new class action lawsuit accusing the company of failing to refund tariff-related costs it passed on to consumers through higher prices in order to appease the Trump administration.
Consumers allege in a proposed lawsuit filed in Seattle that the tech giant collected hundreds of millions of dollars in unlawful tariff costs by raising prices on imported goods before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that PresidentWhile thousands of companies have sought billions of dollars in refunds from the government following the ruling, Amazon has failed to do so, the complaint states, "not because it lacks a legal basis to do so, but because it seeks to curry favor with Trump by allowing the federal government to retain the funds.
" "Amazon’s decision to forgo recovery serves its own political and commercial interests at the direct expense of the consumers who bore theThe Amazon logo is displayed on the façade of Amazon Germany’s headquarters in Parkstadt Schwabing, Munich, Bavaria, on Jan. 27, 2026. "The problem is that the funds Amazon is using to stay in the President’s good graces do not belong to Amazon," the complaint continues.
"These funds were wrongfully taken from consumers to cover IEEPA tariffs that have since been invalidated. Those funds belong to the consumers who paid them.
" "It has, in short, generated and retained a windfall from unlawful government action, and consumers — not Amazon — are the ones left paying for it," the filing states. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose broad tariffs.pushback in April 2025 after reports surfaced that it was considering displaying how much of a product’s cost stemmed from IEEPA tariffs.
Amazon denied the report, saying it never considered listing tariff-related prices on its main retail site. However, the lawsuit alleges the report prompted Trump to call Amazon Executive Chairman More than 2,000 companies have filed suits in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking to recover tariffs paid on imported goods.
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