WORLDSTORY 631· AUGUST 6, 2026

Trump administration refunds $100 billion in liberation-day tariffs, then moves to rebuild them

One hundred billion dollars in tariffs, levied as taxes on imported goods, is being refunded to U.S. importers. Court challenges to the Trump administration's "liberation day" trade policy

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