President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will immediately impose a 10% across-the-board global tariff and sign a new order restoring tariffs, following a Supreme Court ruling that his emergency tariffs were незаконary under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs during peacetime without clear congressional approval, emphasizing that tariff authority belongs to Congress. Justices Samuel
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would immediately implement a 10 percent across-the-board global tariff while maintaining existing trade tariffs. This decision follows a significant Supreme Court ruling in which the justices determined by a 6-3 vote that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose tariffs during peacetime without explicit congressional approval. The majority opinion emphasized that tariff authority resides with Congress, siding with businesses from multiple states that had challenged the measures. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh issued a dissenting opinion. Reacting to the decision, Trump criticized certain justices as unpatriotic and disloyal, expressing shame regarding their stance. He reportedly learned of the ruling during a White House governors' breakfast before continuing his remarks. The president has consistently defended tariffs as essential economic tools capable of generating hundreds of billions in revenue, with federal data indicating over $133 billion collected by December. The case was expedited after arguments presented in November, resulting in an earlier-than-anticipated judgment.
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