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Amazonis facing a new class action lawsuit accusing the company of failing to refund tariff-related costs it passed on to consumers through higher prices in order to appease the Trump administration.
Consumers allege in a proposed lawsuit filed in Seattle. the tech giant collected hundreds of millions of dollars in unlawful tariff costs by raising prices on imported goods before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February. PresidentDonald Trumplacked authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose certain tariffs.
While thousands of companies have sought billions of dollars in refunds from the government following the ruling, Amazon has failed to do so, the complaint states, "not because it lacks a legal basis to do so,. because it seeks to curry favor with Trump by allowing the federal government to retain the funds."
"Amazon’s decision to forgo recovery serves its own political. commercial interests at the direct expense of the consumers who bore thetariff costsin the first place," the lawsuit alleges.
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The Amazon logo is displayed on the façade of Amazon Germany’s headquarters in Parkstadt Schwabing, Munich, Bavaria, on Jan. 27, 2026.(Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images / Getty Images)
"The problem is. the funds Amazon is using to stay in the President’s good graces do not belong to Amazon," the complaint continues. "These funds were wrongfully taken from consumers to cover IEEPA tariffs that have since been invalidated. Those funds belong to the consumers who paid them."
The lawsuit also alleges Amazon "has no intention" of returning the costspassed on to consumers.
"It has, in short, generated. retained a windfall from unlawful government action, and consumers — not Amazon — are the ones left paying for it," the filing states.
The complaint accuses Amazon of unjust enrichment and violating Washington state’s consumer-protection law.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3. the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose broad tariffs.(MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The legal clash comes after consumers filedsimilar lawsuitsagainst companies, including Nike. Costco, over claims they failed to pass tariff-related refunds on to customers.
The lawsuit against Amazon also alleges the company facedWhite Housepushback in April 2025 after reports surfaced. it was considering displaying how much of a product’s cost stemmed from IEEPA tariffs.
Amazon denied the report, saying it never considered listing tariff-related prices on its main retail site. However, the lawsuit alleges the report prompted Trump to call Amazon Executive ChairmanJeff Bezosto complain.
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Nike and Costco are both tied to tariff-related lawsuits.(Natalie Behring/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
More than 2,000 companies have filed suits in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking to recover tariffs paid on imported goods.
FOX Business has reached out to Amazon and the White House for comment.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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