Toy store sues government over tariffs and seeks refund
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2025 (Pool via AP).

The global tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump pose a significant threat to independent toy retailers, according to the owners of a toy store in Minnesota.

Mischief Toy Store, based in St. Paul, is among several businesses that have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. They are challenging the import duty policy introduced in early April. Despite this legal action, comments made by Trump regarding children’s access to toys have underscored the store’s involvement in the lawsuit.

“Well, maybe children will have two dolls instead of 30,” Trump remarked during a cabinet meeting on April 30. “And maybe the two dolls will be a little more expensive than usual.”

That estimate of the toll tariffs will have on the toy business is a severe underestimation, Mischief’s co-owner Dan Marshall says.

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“Something like 80-90% of toys are made in China,” Marshall told Minneapolis-based NBC affiliate KARE. “There are very few companies left making them in the U.S., and this is something that has been going on for 40-50 years. This is not something you can change overnight.”

While government messaging has been contradictory and there are prospects of exceptions, further delays, or a deal-based resolution, Trump instituted 145% tariffs on goods emanating from China — the highest of any import duty on businesses in any nation.

Such numbers equate to something not entirely unlike devastation for Mischief, according to the store’s co-owners and the 27-page lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade on April 24.

“Approximately 95% of the products sold in its store are imported, with 85% of those products coming from China,” the lawsuit reads. “The tariffs levied pursuant to actions challenged herein will likely have a substantial negative impact on Mischief’s business as a result of price increases on those products.”

In comments to the TV station, Marshall predicted the prices for some toys would more than double and that in many other cases, the inventory would simply disappear altogether.

In the litigation, Mischief is teaming up with 10 other businesses across the country to try and stop the tariff regime — calling Trump’s controversial actions “unlawful and unconstitutional.”

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