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B.C. Premier David Eby reacted with a smug jab Friday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against<\/a> President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs.<\/p>\n \u201cGood morning everybody and happy liberation day,\u201d Eby said with a straight face, using the president\u2019s own words against him while addressing the Vancouver Board of Trade.<\/p>\n Then, with a chuckle, he added: \u201cWe\u2019ll see, right?\u201d <\/p>\n Soon after, Trump himself responded publicly to the ruling, announcing in a news conference he would be introducing a new 150-day, 10 per cent global tariff effective Monday.<\/p>\n The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling was made against the global tariffs Trump imposed on all imports on April 2, 2025, a day he dubbed \u201cLiberation Day<\/a>.\u201d It found Trump had overstepped his authority <\/a>by invoking emergency presidential powers to bring the new levies into effect.<\/p>\n Earlier Friday, ahead of Trump’s announcement, Eby said he was \u201crelieved\u201d by the decision.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile it doesn\u2019t address the challenges in our softwood sector, it does potentially address some of the serious concerns we have about our relationship with the United States,\u201d the premier said from the podium.<\/p>\n B.C. timber companies have been facing escalating U.S. duties on softwood lumber imports, and are currently taxed at 45 per cent.<\/p>\n \u201cFingers crossed this heads in a positive direction because I know a number of you would also like to be able to purchase American liquor some day,” Eby said, referring to the ban on U.S. alcohol<\/a> at provincial liquor stores imposed last year in response to Trump’s tariffs.<\/p>\n “Or maybe not,\u201d he said, invoking the hesitancy many British Columbians feel about the United States. <\/p>\n In 2025, for example, vehicle travel to the U.S. from B.C. declined 35 per cent<\/a>.<\/p>\n New tariffs<\/p>\n Trump responded angrily to the Supreme Court ruling. During his news conference on Friday, he called the court decision<\/a> “terrible” and “unpatriotic,” and said the justices who ruled against him were “disloyal to our nation.”<\/p>\n His new 10 per cent tariff can only be imposed for 150 days, at which point it can only be extended by congressional approval. <\/p>\n For Canada, it’s unclear<\/a> whether goods that are compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) will be exempt.<\/p>\n Amid the global economic uncertainty caused in part by Trump\u2019s tariffs, Canada\u2019s economy, at the federal and provincial levels,<\/a> has suffered.<\/p>\n