NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has questioned a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official about the government’s process for refunding billions of dollars importers paid before the Supreme Court struck down some of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton said he wants to decide whether to order the government to speed up and expand the refund process. He said on Tuesday that he believes the government wants to return all of the $166 billion it collected without constitutional authority to do so. But he said a Justice Department appeal of his order requiring the agency to refund all companies that paid tariffs threatened to derail the process.
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