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By the end of July, the Trump administration had returned approximately $100 billion in IEEPA tariffs to US importers.

multiple outlets, traced to a single source · Reported fact · first recorded Aug 11, 4:30 AM

Although several outlets carry this claim, their reporting traces back to a single shared source — so it counts as one confirmation, not several.

How each outlet reported it

CGTNChinese state media · Aug 11, 4:02 AM

By the end of July, the Trump administration had returned around $100 billion of tariffs to US importers

Cites: court document · Details: end of July; $100 billion

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BBCCenter · Aug 19, 3:01 PM

A court filing by customs officials revealed the Trump administration paid back $100bn in tariff refunds to businesses

Cites: customs officials · Details: $100bn (£78bn); Liberation Day tariff refunds

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