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Here's how Walmart is using $2.9B in tariff refunds
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What happenedWalmart says it's doubling down on lower prices with its $2.9 billion tariff refund.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Here's how Walmart is using $2.9B in tariff refunds". The right frames it as "Walmart using billions in Trump tariff refunds to cut prices at stores".
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CenterHere's how Walmart is using $2.9B in tariff refunds
WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightWalmart using billions in Trump tariff refunds to cut prices at stores
Walmart using billions in Trump tariff refunds to cut prices at stores
Walmart on Thursday released a quarterly earnings report indicating it received roughly $3 billion in tariff refunds from the Trump administration, revealing that it passed some of the reim...