ZE OTAVIO | THE OBSCURE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER $166 BILLION IN TARIFF REFUNDS FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
March 14, 2026 Zé Otavio
New portrait by #lcmartist Zé Otavio for The Wall Street Journal. The feature is called “The Obscure Judge Presiding Over $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds: Judge Richard Eaton, on a little-known trade court, is pushing the administration to pay back illegally collected tariffs—and quickly.” Richard K. Eaton is a judge at the US Court of International Trade who is responsible to assess how much the US owes back to countries for Trump’s illegal tariffs.
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