FedEx: We’ll Give Customers Any Tariffs Refund We Get Company is suing the US

Delivery giant FedEx says it will pass along any tariff refunds it receives to the shippers and customers who originally paid those charges.

The company made the announcement after filing a lawsuit in the US Court of International Trade seeking reimbursement for tariffs it paid under policies established by Donald Trump through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, according to the AP. Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the tariffs were unlawful.

More than 1,000 companies have filed lawsuits attempting to recover tariff-related costs. Among them are major U.S. corporations such as Costco and Revlon.

“If refunds are issued to FedEx, we will issue refunds to the shippers and consumers who originally bore those charges,” the company said in a statement. “When that will happen and the exact process for requesting and issuing refunds will depend in part on future guidance from the government and the court.”

The Supreme Court’s ruling did not outline how refunds should be administered to businesses or individuals who paid the tariffs, leaving questions about how repayments would be handled.

Establishing a refund system is expected to be a complex and potentially lengthy process. The libertarian-leaning Liberty Justice Center, which represented several of the original plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case, said Tuesday that it and co-counsel Neal Katyal have filed coordinated motions in both the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the US Court of International Trade. The filings are intended to begin formal steps toward creating a process for issuing refunds.