The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.

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

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
    41·
    4 hours ago

    As a small business owner myself it’s attitudes like this that make the rest look bad.

    After going through three days of my comments to down vote them all, you don’t need help making yourself look bad. You handled that quite well yourself.

    • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      3 hours ago

      Ah yes, downvote a couple stupid comments you’ve made and suddenly I went through “days”.

      How petty and sad is it that you even went and looked lol?

      • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
        4·
        3 hours ago

        How petty and sad is it that you even went and looked

        Coming from the person who just admitted to going through days of my comments to down vote them.

        Also, for those watching from home, it was over a dozen comments. Not “a couple.”