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Numbers of the Day May 8, 2026 · 5:00 pm ET Source: The Hill

Companies Forfeit Tariff Refunds Rather Than Anger Trump

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claimed — by design

Large U.S. companies, Amazon among them, are leaving legally owed tariff refunds on the table rather than collect money the government wrongfully took — because the cost of presidential retaliation exceeds the value of the refund. That's not a business decision. That's a protection racket operating through fear of executive displeasure. When corporations calculate that forfeiting their legal rights is cheaper than asserting them, the rule of law has already lost the room.

Source: The Hill · link ExecutiveRuleofLawEconomy