Trade court directs customs to repay importers with interest after supreme court ruled tariffs unlawful 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 cour t said last month were collected illegally. Richard Eaton, a judge of the US Court of International Trade in Manhattan,