Trump’s tariffs were ruled illegal. Where’s the refund of $166 billion — plus interest?

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 1,243

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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WASHINGTON — Arizona coffee roaster Gabe Hagen is wondering if he’ll ever recoup the tens of thousands of dollars he paid in tariffs to import beans from the world’s major coffee-growing regions in South America, Africa and the Indo-Pacific.

Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs as illegal, Hagen is among an army of small business owners who are unsure if they’ll be made whole after a year of increasing …

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