Trump Signs ‘Global’ Ten Percent Tariff ‘On All Countries’
President Donald Trump announced he had signed a proclamation imposing a “blanket” ten percent tariff “on all countries,” hours after the Supreme Court struck down his sweeping global tariffs created under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
“It is my great honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a 10% global tariff on all countries, which will take effect almost immediately,” Trump wrote in an article on Truth Social. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!” »
In a White House fact sheet, it was explained that “Trump is invoking his authority under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which empowers the president to resolve certain fundamental international payment problems through surcharges and other special import restrictions:”
• President Trump invokes his authority under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows him to address certain fundamental international payment problems through surcharges and other special import restrictions.
- By taking this step, the United States can stem the outflow of dollars to foreign producers and encourage the return of domestic production. By increasing domestic production, the United States can correct its balance of payments deficit while creating good-paying jobs and reducing costs for consumers.
• The proclamation imposes, for a period of 150 days, a tax of 10% ad valorem import duty on items imported into the United States.
- The temporary import duties will take effect on February 24 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
John Carney of Breitbart News reported that the Supreme Court’s decision was “the first time the high court has permanently overturned one of Trump’s second-term policies”:
This is the first time the high court has permanently overturned one of Trump’s second-term policies. In other areas, the Court gave Trump wide latitude to deploy executive power, but a majority of justices said he went too far in enacting his most sweeping tariffs without clear authorization from Congress.
Trump imposed the tariffs in two waves. In February 2025, he imposed tariffs of 25% on most Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on Chinese products, citing fentanyl trafficking. Then in April, on what he dubbed “Liberation Day,” he imposed a blanket 10 percent tariff on imports from almost all countries and higher rates on countries the administration considered trade violators.
Trump said overdose deaths from fentanyl and persistent annual trade deficits were national emergencies justifying the new trade policy under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a law passed by Congress in 1977 to give presidents tools to respond to foreign crises.
Breitbart News White House correspondent Nick Gilbertson reported that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, along with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, dissented. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor formed the majority.
Kavanaugh suggested there could be a “pathway forward for future tariffs:”
Although I strongly disagree with the Court’s decision today, the ruling may not significantly restrict a President’s ability to order tariffs in the future. Indeed, many other federal laws authorize the president to impose tariffs and could justify most (if not all) of the tariffs at issue in this case – although perhaps with a few additional procedural steps that IEEPA, as an emergency law, does not require. These laws include, for example, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232); the Commerce Act of 1974 (sections 122, 201 and 301); and the Tariff Act of 1930 (section 338). In essence, the Court today concludes that the President checked the wrong legal box by relying on IEEPA rather than another law to impose these tariffs.
After the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision, Trump announced that he would sign an “order imposing a ten percent global tariff under Section 122.”
“Effective immediately, all Section 232 national security tariffs and existing Section 301 tariffs remain in place – fully in place and in full force,” Trump said. “Today, I will sign an order imposing a ten percent global Section 122 tariff, in addition to our normal rates already charged. And we are also launching several Section 301 and other investigations, to protect our country from unfair trade practices by other countries and companies.”
