Judge Orders US Customs to Refund Illegal Trump Tariffs with Interest

• Judge Richard Eaton of the US Court of International Trade ordered US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to process refunds for "illegal Trump tariffs."
• The Supreme Court previously ruled these tariffs were collected illegally, and refunds must include interest.
• CBP must finalize entry costs for millions of shipments without assessing the illegal tariff, a task it calls "unprecedented" in scale (70 million entries).
• Judge Eaton believes CBP can program its system for refunds, as they regularly handle overpayment refunds, and has set a hearing for Friday for updates.
• The US government collected over $130 billion in these tariffs; the order stems from a case by Atmus Filtration, one of 2,000 similar lawsuits.