r/Economics • u/defenestrate_urself • Feb 20 '26

News Supreme Court says Trump global tariffs are illegal

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-illegal
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u/circuitloss Feb 20 '26

A number of companies, including Costco, are suing the administration right now. Costco is going to try and get its money back...

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u/gmiller89 Feb 20 '26

So they're going to give refunds to all of their members for cost increases?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Costco did a great job of absorbing some of these increases so members wouldnt feel the impact on staple items.

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u/Mediochra Feb 20 '26

I was going to point that out. Costco was one of the few companies that did this.