EU exporters face headaches in recovering costs of nixed US import tariffs
By Cynthia Kroet and Bradley Dress ( May 18, 2026, 13:42 GMT | Comment) -- European companies are exploring the recovery of costs linked to US tariffs struck down by the US Supreme Court in February. Consultancies and law firms are assessing demand for claims, MLex has learned. While EU exporters did not directly pay the duties, many may have absorbed the costs contractually through US importers, creating legal and logistical complications as Washington processes billions of dollars in repayments and defends new tariff measures in court.Three months after the legal basis for US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs was struck down, European companies are looking at how they could recover costs linked to duties they have paid, with consultancies and law firms in Brussels understood to be assessing potential demand for such claims....
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