‘Effective Immediately’: Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15 Percent Following Supreme Court Ruling

Just one day after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s reciprocal tariff program, Mr. Trump on Saturday announced he will raise global tariffs to 15 percent, “effective immediately.”The move marks an escalation in the administration’s trade policy following Friday’s 6-3 Supreme Court decision rejecting the president’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.“Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court, please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been ‘ripping’ the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.The president indicated that further tariff adjustments are planned. “During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again — GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!” Mr. Trump wrote.Following Friday’s court ruling, Mr. Trump pivoted within hours to impose a 10 percent global tariff using different legal authority — Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. This provision allows the president to implement temporary tariffs, though any extension beyond 150 days requires congressional approval. The new tariffs, the highest allowable under Section 122, apply in addition to standard duties already in place.“It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10% Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately,” Mr. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday evening.While Trump’s Saturday announcement stated the 15 percent tariffs would take effect immediately, it remains unclear whether official documents have been signed detailing the implementation timeline. A White House fact sheet issued Friday indicated the announced 10 percent tariffs would begin Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 12:01 a.m. ET.Mr. Trump is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.During a White House press briefing Friday afternoon, the president expressed strong criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision, calling the ruling “deeply disappointing” and saying he was “ashamed” of certain members of the court. He specifically criticized Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, both of whom he appointed and who voted with the majority.

‘Effective Immediately’: Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15 Percent Following Supreme Court Ruling

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