U.S. customs duties collections top $100B US in same fiscal year for 1st time

U.S. customs duty collections jumped again in June as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs gained steam, topping $100 billion US for the first time during a fiscal year and helping to produce a surprise $27-billion US budget surplus for the month, the U.S. Treasury Department reported Friday.
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