The federal trade court judge overseeing the refund process for President Trump’s tariffs ordered the administration Wednesday to paperwork for imported goods without charging companies for the invalidated levies.
The order from Richard Eaton, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade, is set to impact millions of tariff entries submitted to the government that were declared illegal by the Supreme Court’s blockbuster decision.
Companies won’t immediately receive money, but the order marks a milestone that moves the laborious process along.
More than 1,000 companies have sued for refunds, hoping the government will now return tens of billions of dollars following the much-anticipated decision. Eaton’s ruling came in the lawsuit filed by Atmus Filtration, but he said the trade court’s chief judge has put him in charge of all cases pertaining to refunds.