In response, Trump signed an executive order on February 21 enabling a temporary worldwide import tax, allowing tariffs of up to 15 per cent for a 150-day period unless extended by Congress. The move is positioned as a legally permissible alternative after the judicial setback.
Following a Supreme Court ruling blocking sweeping tariffs under emergency powers, US President Trump issued an executive order enabling temporary global import duties.
He first proposed a 10 per cent tariff, which he has now raised to 15 per cent.
The measure can remain in force for 150 days unless Congress extends it.
Trump criticised the court ruling while signalling further tariff actions ahead.
Trump stated on social media that the increase followed a detailed review of the court decision, which he criticised as anti-American. The administration indicated that additional tariff structures and country-specific measures will be determined in the coming months.
“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 per cent Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been “ripping” the US off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15 per cent level,” President Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
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