Amazon got $600 million in Trump tariff refunds and will pass return along to some customers

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a news article on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos that reads "Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm" during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty ImagesAmazon disclosed Thursday that it has received $600 million in tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruled that many of President Donald Trump's levies were illegal, and it expects to return some of that cash to customers."We are participating in the tariff refund process and, as I mentioned earlier, we received approximately $600 million in Q2," Brian Olsavsky, Amazon's finance chief, said on the company's earnings call. In February, the Supreme Court invalidated Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, forcing the government to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the U.S. that were hit by tariffs.Major companies, including Apple, Walmart, Costco, Home Depot and General Motors, all said they would apply for refunds. Trump told CNBC in April he'd "remember" companies that don't seek refunds, when asked whether companies, including Ama...