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Ahead of Tariff Ruling, Businesses Race to Secure Refunds
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46 stories and segments, newest first.
- 2026
- ForbesThe Pursuit: How This Founder Bootstrapped A Multimillion-Dollar Business From ScratchWatch
- EcomWatchSarah Wells on Building a Business That Survived Tariffs, a Pandemic and 14 Years of EcommerceRead
- CanvasRebelMeet Sarah WellsRead
- National Press FoundationFrom Tariffs to Broken Supply Chains, Small Business Owners under SiegeRead
- Bloomberg LawSmall Business Owners Fill Void as Faces of Tariff OppositionRead
- Connected Commerce CouncilAI at Work: how small businesses use AI to growRead
- Bloomberg LawSmall Businesses Shun Push to File Suits to Get Tariff RefundsRead
- ForbesLooking To Get Tariff Refunds? How This Entrepreneur Got $15,000Read
- CNN: The Lead with Jake TapperNavigating tariff refunds: small business strugglesWatch
- MarketplaceTariff refunds for businesses are rolling outRead
- Supply Chain DiveCBP approves $35B in tariff refunds for defunct leviesRead
- CBS NewsBusinesses starting to receive their IEEPA tariff refundsRead
- National Press FoundationEntrepreneurs Discuss Layoffs, Significant Financial Losses and An Inability to Plan for the FutureRead
- New Rural VAEp. 25: Sarah Wells, Small Business Advocate and EntrepreneurListen
- NPRHow to get your tariff cash backRead
- MarketplaceBusinesses have started applying to get their share of $166 billion in tariff refundsRead
- TIMETrump Administration Begins Refunding Tariffs. What You Need to KnowRead
- Connected Commerce CouncilAI Empowers Us to Compete on a Level Playing Field With Much Bigger CompaniesRead
- New Democrat CoalitionNew Dems Hear from Small Businesses on the Harmful Impacts of TariffsRead
- Virginia MercuryVirginia entrepreneurs on Trump’s dodgy tariffs: ‘It disrupts your business’Read
- NPRU.S. businesses that paid emergency tariffs are now trying to recover their fundsRead
- New York PostSmall businesses gear up for tariff fight after Supreme Court rules against TrumpRead
- CNNCNN News Central: Sarah Wells on small business tariff impactWatch
- NPRThese small business owners are owed tariff refunds. Will they ever get them?Read
- NBC News‘The damage cannot be refunded’: Small businesses weigh Supreme Court’s tariff rulingRead
- CNNCNN News Central: Sarah Wells on the Supreme Court tariff rulingWatch
- ReasonSmall Business Owners Celebrate Supreme Court Striking Down Trump’s TariffsRead
- American Enterprise InstituteTrade policy uncertainty: Insights from a roundtableRead
- NPRA shadowy industry is helping small businesses pay tariffs, at a high costRead
- 2025
- The New York TimesAhead of Tariff Ruling, Businesses Race to Secure RefundsRead
- MarketplaceSmall business owners are feeling the pressure of tariffs and a crowded labor marketRead
- CNN: The Lead with Jake TapperSarah Wells on U.S. tariff policy impactsWatch
- BBCConservative justices sharply question Trump tariffs in high-stakes hearingRead
- CNNHow are businesses preparing for the August 1 tariff deadline? They can’tRead
- MarketplaceTariffs hit strollers, car seats and other baby gearRead
- NPRBusinesses and trading partners are in limbo after a pair of federal court rulingsRead
- NPRAs courts block Trump tariffs, small business owners dare to hopeRead
- The Wall Street JournalHow Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’Read
- CNNTrump’s trade war is about to change the way you shopRead
- NBC WashingtonVirginia business owner tells why tariffs may tank her company serving momsRead
- Fox BusinessStocks wrap one of the most volatile weeks on record, China retaliatesRead
- BBCSix things to know as the tariff trade war deepensRead
- Fox BusinessSmall business owners speak out about effects of Trump tariffs: ‘Unsustainable’Read
- BBCTrump says he is open to talks after hiking China tariffsRead
- NPRBetween tariffs and survival, American business owners are doing alarming mathRead
- NPRBusinesses and markets left reeling after Trump expands trade war with new tariffsRead
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