A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official is set to testify in federal court about the government's plans for refunding billions of dollars in tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled were illegally imposed by President Donald Trump.
- The hearing before Judge Richard Eaton will focus on whether the government must expand its refund system to include all importers, not just those who filed lawsuits. - CBP has accepted claims totaling $89.6 billion and issued $20.6 billion in refunds so far, but the process is limited to recent tariff payments.
- The Justice Department argues only companies that were parties in the over 2,500 lawsuits challenging the tariffs are legally entitled to refunds. The outcome could affect potentially tens of thousands of businesses and is now before the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.