FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling
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- FedEx filed lawsuit seeking full refund of tariffs paid under overturned IEEPA
- Supreme Court ruled Trump exceeded presidential authority with tariff imposition
- FedEx claims it suffered financial injury from paying unlawful duties
- Company estimated tariffs could cost $1 billion during fiscal year 2026
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Shipping giant FedEx sued the Trump administration Monday, February 23, 2026, seeking a 'full refund' of all tariffs paid under the overturned International Emergency Economic Powers Act after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump exceeded his presidential authority when deploying the act to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners. In the lawsuit filed at the Customs and Border Protection Agency in the U.S. Court of International Trade, FedEx's legal team stated that the company imported goods from countries subject to the duties during the period when tariffs were in effect under the IEEPA law, paying duties that caused injury to the company. According to the court documents, FedEx typically pays estimated duties when goods enter the United States, with Customs and Border Protection later confirming the final value, classification, duty rate, and final amount of duty for imported goods. The company had previously warned in quarterly earnings reports that the tariffs would significantly impact its financial performance, estimating a potential $1 billion hit during fiscal year 2026 before the IEEPA tariffs were rescinded. FedEx chief customer officer Brie Carere had described the period as 'very stressful' for customers, particularly challenging for small exporters.
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FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling The shipping company said it was owed refunds for any tariffs it paid under a rule the high court found exceeded the president's authority. A worker unloads packages from a FedEx truck in San Francisco in December. The company sued the Trump administration Monday. David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images file Share Add NBC News to Google Feb. 23, 2026, 6:18 PM EST By Steve Kopack Listen to this article with a free account 00:00 00:00 FedEx sued the Trump administration Monday, seeking a "full refund" of all tariffs it paid the government under the overturned International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his presidential authority when he deployed the act to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all U.S. trading partners. "Accordingly ... Plaintiffs seek for themselves a full refund from Defendants of all IEEPA duties Plaintiffs have paid to the United States," lawyers for FedEx wrote in the lawsuit, lodged at the Customs and Border Protection Agency in the U.S. Court of International Trade. FedEx says that during the period when tariffs were in effect under the IEEPA law, it imported goods from countries subject to the duties. It says it "paid IEEPA duties to the United States and thus suffered injury caused by those orders." "Typically, when goods enter (i.e., are imported into) the United States, the importer of record pays an estimated duty," FedEx lawyers wrote in the filing. Customs and Border Protection "then fixes the final appraisement of merchandise by confirming the final value, classification, duty rate, and final amount of duty for the imported goods." In recent quarterly earnings reports, FedEx executives warned that tariffs would dent the company's overall earnings. In September, before the IEEPA tariffs had been rescinded, FedEx said the hit could be $1 billion during fiscal year 2026. "From a customer pers...
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