US judge orders refunds for more than $130bn in illegal Trump tariffs

Trade court directs customs to repay importers with interest after supreme court ruled tariffs unlawful A US trade court judge on Wednesday ordered the government to begin paying potentially billions of dollars in refunds to importers who paid tariffs that the supreme court said last month were collected illegally. Richard Eaton, a judge of the US Court of International Trade in Manhattan, ordered the government to finalize the cost of bringing millions of shipments into the US without assess...

By Associated Press