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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Costco sues US government over tariff refunds ahead of Supreme Court ruling

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

WIBC

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:15.1

So Costco is...

0:17.0

Suing the U.S. government.

0:19.2

This is...

0:20.0

Okay, so this is fascinating. So obviously Costco, a major, what do we call them a wholesaler? Is that what they are? Yeah. Good chance you've got to, if you live in any sort of, if you're within the sound of our voice, there's probably a Costco within driving distance of you, right? They're everywhere. And they are now suing NBC, various other, numerous other media

0:39.2

outlets having this story. They are now suing the Trump administration and they're asking the

0:44.2

court of international trade to strike down Trump's tariffs as unlawful and give them all their

0:51.9

money back. Yeah, they want a full refund on tariffs.

0:55.9

They argue that Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to create the tariffs was not allowed by law.

1:02.6

Now, of course, that decision has not been made yet.

1:06.7

Yes, it's currently in front of the Supreme Court.

1:09.7

And the Supreme Court, so one of the cool things that has happened in the past decade is the Supreme Court has now allowed oral recording, I guess would be the word where there's still no cameras in the Supreme Court.

1:24.2

But it used to be just bad sketches and handwritten notes, and now they release

1:29.4

the oral transcript or whatever it is, like the recording of the event from each day.

1:34.8

You can go hear it for yourself.

1:36.6

And one of the things that's very clear.

1:37.8

So a group of, it's 20 plus Democrat states and a group of small business organizations, multiple small business

1:47.4

organizations, are suing the Trump administration saying these tariffs are unlawful because

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