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Reason
Eric Boehm

After Paying Illegal Tariffs, Will Small Businesses Get a Refund? 'I'm Not Holding My Breath.'

After being charged billions of dollars under President Donald Trump's unlawful tariff scheme, American business owners are now facing the prospect of a lengthy, costly process to obtain refunds—payments that some expect will never arrive.

"I'm not holding my breath," Brandon Eley, founder and president of 2BigFeet, a Georgia-based designer and retailer of large-sized footwear, told Reason in an interview this week.

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