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Court strikes down Trump tariffs, US government pays $81 billion in refunds

2026-07-14 13:50:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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The US government has already repaid tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it had imposed before the US Supreme Court declared most of the tax illegal, budget data released on Monday showed.

Tariffs, or taxes on imported goods, have been one of the main pillars of Donald Trump's economic policy since he returned to the White House last year.

In February, the Supreme Court overturned a large portion of the additional tariffs that Trump had imposed, forcing the government to reimburse the companies that paid them, the Guardian writes.

According to budget data, the United States paid a total of $81 billion in tariff refunds during the current fiscal year, which began in October 2025. In the same period last year, this amount was only $5 billion.

A U.S. Treasury Department official said almost all of the increase in payments was a result of the Supreme Court's ruling, with the bulk of the refunds made during May and June.

Trump presented the tariffs as a general solution for the American economy, claiming they would bring manufacturing back to the US, secure more favorable trade deals and reduce the federal budget deficit.

However, the budget deficit, which narrowed slightly last year thanks to customs revenue, is rising again. In the first nine months of the fiscal year, it reached $1.367 trillion, representing an increase of two percent.

At the same time, the United States spent more than a trillion dollars on national debt interest payments alone, which is 14 percent more than a year earlier, while military spending increased by five percent due to the war in the Middle East.

The temporary universal 10 percent tariff imposed by the US administration is set to expire on July 24, but the White House is already preparing new tariff measures due to what it says is insufficient enforcement of regulations against forced labor and overcapacity in the industry.

The latest proposal could hit major trading partners including the UK, Japan, India, Taiwan and China, and would allow Trump to bypass previously imposed court restrictions on his protectionist policies. The new tariff rates are expected to be between 10 and 12.5 percent.

The United States has also threatened to impose new tariffs of 25 percent on goods from Brazil.

Last month, Trump also threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on European countries that impose taxes on the largest American technology companies.

The United Kingdom has a two percent digital services tax, which applies to major social networks, online search engines and online marketplaces. The tax, which is paid by companies such as Apple, Google and Amazon, is expected to raise more than 800 million pounds, or over $1 billion, in revenue in the 2024/25 fiscal year, according to the UK Treasury.

France, Spain and Italy apply a three percent digital services tax to large companies operating in their markets, while several other European Union countries have introduced or proposed similar measures.

The US president said his tariff would take precedence over all trade agreements with the US, "regardless of whether they have entered into force, have been signed or are still planned."

In a post on the social network Truth Social, Trump wrote: “A number of European countries are considering the immediate implementation of a digital services tax on American companies. Some of these countries are very close to making such a decision. Let this statement serve as a warning that any country that imposes such a tax will immediately face a 100 percent tariff on all goods exported to the United States of America.”

"This tariff will take precedence over all trade agreements with that country, whether they are in effect, signed or not. If they continue with that policy, a 100 percent tariff will be imposed immediately," the US president added.


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