People of the non-USA world... How are the business doing that are sueing the US about illegale tariffs?

Is someone else, in any other country, getting articles like this:

SOURCE: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/08/18/voka-invoerheffingen-terugbetalingen-oproep/

... I know it's in dutch, so let me explain for those that don't want to run it through a flawed translation robot.

After the supreme court said that a number of US tariffs were unconstitutional. Some of our compagnies went to court. The article I pasted is about a Belgian brewer, that exports luxuary Belgian beer to the USA. As off yesterday, he already got back 350.000 Euros in damages from tariffs that should have never had been imposed. This is only a drop on a hote stove, because the brewery wants to recuperate around 600.000 Euros. The procedures are still going, but the 350 K is already payed back.

Now, this brewery, is only a small business in comparing to some other businesses that were illegally tariffed. VOKA, a flemish interest-group of flemish small business believes that around 1 billion of money can be recuperated for the flemish entrepeneurs that are associated with them.

Now, Flanders isn't even Belgium. It's just the home of 6.5 million people.

So I'm guessing other places in the world are starting the same procedure? Does anyone else have numbers from their country? Because, this is going to cost the American treasury a lot of money, that they should never have gotten in the first place. 🤷‍♂

But according to some people, these tariffs are going to fill the hole in the US economy... but those same people are not talking about how much money they'll have to give back to business that are sueing them. In the meantime, American civilians are still paying for the price increases, imposed by a governement that came into power complaining about inflation and taxes. 🤷‍♂

Cheers.

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

Exporting companies don't pay tariffs - americans pay them.

If companies choose to pay them on behalf of americans, well, more fool them.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@newjaninev2 I don't know how this works exactly... but when I read the article it says that:

De brouwerij beschikt in de Verenigde Staten over een eigen vestiging, in de buurt van Washington D.C. Om de invoer zelf te beheren, richtte ze in 2018 een eigen Amerikaanse importmaatschappij op, waarvan Brouwerij Huyghe 100 procent aandeelhouder is. De brouwerij treedt er dus op als haar eigen importeur en is daardoor zelf verantwoordelijk voor de betaling van de invoerheffingen

The Brewery has a branch in the US, that is 100% owned by the compagnie. In other words, Belgian branch sends products to American branch... and thus the American branch pay for the tariffs. But the American branch should have never have done that, since the tariffs are illegale. Hence the compagnie as a whole files a lawsuit.

The fact that people pay for the tariffs is also adressed in the next section:

Ook brouwerij Huyghe merkt de impact. "Het bierverbruik in de Verenigde Staten daalt al enkele jaren", zegt De Laet. "Tegelijk moesten wij prijsverhogingen doorvoeren door de invoerheffingen. Dat is geen evidente combinatie."

So, the American branch had to raise prices, to compensate for tariffs. Which are not going to be payed back by the customers. If I read this right, the brewer is going to cash twice. Once from the price increase (which wasn't that great, since they booked losses for the first time in years due to the price increases and competitive market) and once from tariffs that were imposed llegaly.

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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

A good friend of mine will be retiring 6 years earlier or more accurately looking for work in their 50s because the Trump bullshit put the small Canadian business out of business. The damage is already done.

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

Trump has threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on a range of goods due today, but it has been postponed 3 days. He is trying to fuck over his neighbour while cozying up with North Korea. His tariffs have hurt many sectors in the Canadian economy and will hurt more in the future. Of course the American consumer is paying the price as well.

The50% tarriffs are in response to our retalitory tariffs and pulling american booze from our stores for their illegal tariffs.

How many more days of this presidency left? lol

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@JimboSaturn Way to many days... but we'll see what happens in november. I think it's going to be bad.

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@JimboSaturn trump has run headfirst into his worst nightmare - Mark Carney.

He expected Canadians to freak out and frantically try to negotiate. Instead Canada (like New Zealand and Australia,etc) is simply forming new agreements with different trading partners e.g. Canada's aluminium is now going to Germany.

USA need not apply.

trump's just a weak, frightened, buffoon shouting at clouds 😂

Stay Calm and Carney On

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