When the government announced the IEEPA tariffs, it stated that it was doing this to bring back jobs, and specifically, manufacturing jobs to the United States in an effort to revive the sector as well as reduce our overreliance on external, foreign suppliers. The data, however, tells a different story: academic, peer-reviewed studies have shown that not only did IEEPA not reshore manufacturing, but it also shunted supply chains over to Mexico, Vietnam and India, as well as increased costs for American producers. The real reason for these IEEPA tariffs was far more odious, and the Truth Social midnight announcements on the same may have seemed like the ramblings of a cognitively declining individual, but the truth was far more sinister. If your corporation paid out these tariffs, you may be able to claw them back via an automated but complex process that requires that you follow stringent rules as well as act within specific timelines in order to recoup your import duties; read more to find out what your rights are as far as IEEPA refunds are concerned, and their impact on the U.S. economy as a whole.
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What the Government Promised vs. What We Got
Here are the promises laid out by the government during the introduction of IEEPA tariffs:
- Promise: Factories would return to the U.S. – The current Trump administration pointed to a handful of high-profile announcements such as a textile mill in South Carolina, a battery factory in Michigan and a semiconductor plant in Ohio as evidence that the tariffs were actually doing what they were supposed to do. The reality, however, was that these factory openings were offset by an equal number of closures in sectors affected by the tariffs, and the net change in manufacturing jobs was basically zero.
- Promise: Supply chains would become more resilient – The Trump administration stated that higher tariffs would cause a situation where companies would diversify away from China, making the country less vulnerable to foreign supply machinations. However, what happened is that the country swapped one low-cost supplier for several others, which was China for Vietnam, India and Mexico.
- Promise: Tariff revenue would fund industrial policy – It is estimated that the administration garnered over $195 billion in customs duties in FY2025 and stated that the monies would be used to support local manufacturing. However, Treasury disbursement records show that NONE of the IEEPA tariff revenue was allocated to anything remotely associated with manufacturing, and it instead went to offset tax cuts.
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It is clear from the examples above that the government is not only not your friend as an importer of note, it has shown that it will protect its interests at your expense while letting you foot the bill. If you paid IEEPA tariffs and are staring down the barrel of more tariffs announced by CBP and the government, there’s still hope: the experienced attorneys at McCready Law have joined hands with Frost Law Arizona to provide expert and timely assistance with regard to IEEPA tariff refunds. We help importers of note consolidate their entries via NO COST forensic audits, file protests on their behalf, as well as litigate their claims should their requests for IEEPA tariff refunds get shot down by CBP. If you don’t want the headache of figuring out your IEEPA tariff refunds, please give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 to speak with an attorney at NO COST so you can, with our assistance, create a gameplan to claw back capital that rightfully belongs to you. Thanks for choosing us, and we look forward to helping you.