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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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 outWorldPing
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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.

Key facts

  • Reported by Fortune and published Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:02:00 UTC.

Why it matters

Economic releases and corporate results feed directly into rate expectations, currency moves and equity pricing, so the detail here often matters more to markets than the headline itself.

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