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A panel of federal judges on Thursday found President Trump had violated the law when he imposed a 10 percent tariff on most U.S. imports, dealing yet another legal setback to the White House in its efforts to wage a trade war without the express permission of Congress.

Many small-business owners say the uncertainty that goes along with the high cost of the Trump administration's emergency tariffs is driving away customers and eating into profits.

Endless Pens is running out of pens. Owner Keval Kantaria is running out of options. Bankruptcy is a real possibility, he said, if a refund doesn’t come by July for the $175,000 in extra tariffs he paid on imported stock for his Tampa-based luxury online ...

But after some early hiccups, the U.S. government's hub for businesses seeking tariff refunds is running smoothly, an expert says.

Companies are increasingly passing the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on to consumers and plan to keep raising prices, a KPMG survey released Monday suggests, underscoring how consumers have shouldered the burden of Trump’s tariffs as the ...

On Monday, the U.S. Customs portal began accepting refund requests from businesses that paid President Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. (Nickolai Hammar | NPR) After weeks of waiting to hear how — or whether — the ...

Tariffs have dominated the headlines for months, but for small businesses like ours in Carroll County, tariffs have dominated our bottom line. They show up as large bills that we are forced to pay immediately when our products arrive in the United States.