Wilbur Ross was Trump’s first-term tariff hawk. Now he says refunds give importers ‘an extra profit’ and pay them ‘more than the money’ they laid out
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What happened
The former Commerce secretary says importers who passed tariff costs on to customers are now being paid back for money they didn't lose.
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