{"id":483146,"date":"2026-02-22T03:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/483146\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T03:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:46:07","slug":"trump-says-he-will-raise-global-tariffs-to-15-after-supreme-court-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/483146\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he will raise global tariffs to 15% after Supreme Court decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump said on Saturday that he is going to raise his global tariff to 15%, up from 10% he imposed on Friday, after the\u00a0Supreme Court struck down a set of sweeping global tariffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said in a social media post that he was making the decision “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday,” by the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

“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,” he wrote in a Truth Social post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Infuriated by the high court’s ruling, Mr. Trump signed a\u00a0proclamation on Friday that enabled him to bypass Congress and impose a 10% tax<\/a> on most imports to the United States. The law allows the president to impose a levy of up to 15% for 150 days, although it could face legal challenges.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump went on to say that his administration would “determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinary successful process of Making America Great Again.”<\/p>\n

Most of the president’s previous levies hinged on a law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, which the Supreme Court ruled Friday cannot be used to impose tariffs.<\/p>\n

Friday’s tariffs were issued under a different law: Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. That legal provision lets the president impose duties of up to 15% for 150 days to deal with “large and serious” balance-of-payment issues. They are scheduled to take effect starting Feb. 24.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear when the president would sign an updated order.<\/p>\n

In addition to the temporary tariffs that Mr. Trump wants to set at 15%, the president said Friday that he was also pursuing tariffs through other sections of federal law, which require an investigation by the Commerce Department.<\/p>\n

The Yale Budget Lab, a nonpartisan economic policy research center, estimates<\/a> that the Supreme Court’s ruling, coupled with Mr. Trump’s new 15% tariff, will cost the average American household $1,315 per year. This calculation assumes that the 15% tariff is extended beyond the 150 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court’s ruling did not impact tariffs that were issued under legal authorities aside from IEEPA, including Mr. Trump’s\u00a0tariffs on steel, aluminum and auto imports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After Friday’s decision, Mr. Trump made an unusually personal attack<\/a> on the Supreme Court judges who ruled against him, including two of those he appointed during his first term, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Mr. Trump, at a news conference after the ruling, said of the two justices: “I think it’s an embarrassment to their families.”<\/p>\n

He was still seething Friday night, posting on social media complaints about Gorsuch, Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts.<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, Mr. Trump issued another post<\/a> declaring that his “new hero” was Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who wrote a 63-page dissent. He also praised Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, and said of the three dissenting justices: “There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that they want to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

\n Go deeper with The Free Press\n <\/p>\n

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