3 posts tagged with "tariffs"

If you imported products while the IEEPA tariffs were in effect — and you're already exhausted just from having paid them — there's news worth knowing: the government opened a refund portal on April 20. There's $166 billion in collected tariffs available to come back, and some of it might be yours.

The bad news, because there's always bad news: the process is genuinely annoying, the window is short, and big companies are already in line with legal teams doing the filing for them.

Here's what's actually going on, and what to do about it this week.

If you've been running an ecommerce business that imports products — especially from China — you paid a lot more in duties last year than you should have. The Supreme Court agreed with you in February. And now, as of this past Monday, you can actually do something about it.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched the CAPE portal on April 20 — a refund system for IEEPA tariffs ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court. More than $166 billion in duties is on the table, plus interest. Over 55,000 parties filed claims on day one alone. If you imported goods in 2025 or early 2026, this week is when you need to pay attention.

If this week taught website owners anything, it's that the threats are getting faster and the opportunities are getting weirder.

A popular WordPress plugin was backdoored through its own update channel. AI bots are now crawling more pages than Google. And Amazon just added a fuel surcharge that eats into already-thin margins.

If you missed the previous roundups, catch up on last week's trends and earlier this week. Here are seven new developments that matter right now.