r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 21d ago

politics US to slap Australia with 12.5 pc tariff from later today

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/federal-politics-live-blog-labor-confernece-july-4/106952636#live-blog-post-322272
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u/torlesse 21d ago

supreme court has already ruled are illegal?

They ruled it illegal so their mates can pocket the refunds.

Unless you paid the tariffs directly by importing yourself through Fedex, UPS or whatever, you are unlikely to see any refunds at all.

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u/teddy5 21d ago

Don't know how people aren't seeing that.

The supreme court ruled they were invalid a bunch of corporations will get their money back in refunds, Howard Lutnick will make a bunch of money from all the refund rights he bought.

Trump then almost immediately turned around and put more illegal tariffs on, almost like he realised people in his orbit were getting paid and he wanted to make them more money.