Trump signs order imposing ‘temporary’ 10 percent global tariff after Supreme Court ruling
President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a new “temporary” 10 percent global tariff following the Supreme Court’s decision Friday striking down many of the global tariffs he raised last year.
“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. Thank you for your attention to this matter!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump is invoking Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president to impose tariffs of up to 15 percent to address a “large and serious balance-of-payments deficit,” according to a White House fact sheet. Tariffs imposed under the authority may remain in effect for no more than 150 days unless Congress passes legislation extending them.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, rejected the administration’s authority to implement tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
The announcement seeks to keep many of his tariff policies intact even after the court’s ruling.
“Effective immediately, all national security tariffs under Section 232, and existing Section 301 tariffs — they’re existing, they’re there — remain in place, fully in place, and in full force and effect,” Trump told reporters at a White House press conference Friday afternoon. “Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10 percent global tariff under Section 122, over and above our normal tariffs already being charged. And we’re also initiating several Section 301, and other investigations, to protect our country from unfair trading practices of other countries and companies.”
The duties are set to take effect Feb. 24 at 12:01 a.m.
The White House fact sheet lists exemptions that are similar to the ones included with the tariffs that were invalidated Friday, carving out specific products within sectors such as energy, pharmaceuticals, autos, and aerospace, and shielding goods from North American neighbors compliant with U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a trade pact Trump signed in his first term.
Yet, it won’t allow the president the kind of flexibility he has wielded under the emergency powers law. By statute, the tariff must be “nondiscriminatory,” meaning the U.S. can’t give breaks to certain trading partners and not others.
In prepared remarks for a speech in Dallas, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed the tariffs implemented under Section 122 combined with additional tariffs implemented under Section 232 and Section 301, “will result in virtually unchanged tariff revenue in 2026.”
Trump is also launching investigations into the trading practices of specific countries — though he declined to specify which ones — which would allow him to impose higher tariffs on trading partners, like Japan, the European Union and Canada. He said the investigations would take place over a period of months.
In the meantime, Trump is maintaining a swath of tariffs on specific industries, including automobiles and auto parts, steel and aluminum, copper and softwood lumber. Those tariffs have been a significant factor in pushing countries toward trade deals and could play a factor in keeping those deals intact.
“We have a lot of tools out there,” said Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, at the White House press conference. “You can look forward in the coming days and weeks to seeing all of that come out. And we’re going to keep continuity in the program.”
