Trump Imposes Sweeping 10% Global Tariff After Supreme Court Rebuke

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a new, across-the-board 10 percent tariff on all imports into the United States, effective immediately. The action was taken from the Oval Office on Friday, just hours after the US Supreme Court delivered a major legal setback to his previous trade policy. The court struck down the legal basis for the ad-hoc, country-specific tariffs that had been a hallmark of his administration, ruling they exceeded presidential authority. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated the new universal tariff is projected to generate virtually unchanged revenue by 2026.","The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling found that a 1977 law did not grant the President the power to impose the sudden, arbitrary tariffs on individual nations that Trump had frequently used to pressure both allies and adversaries. This legal rebuke targeted a signature element of Trump's economic agenda, which often upended global trade norms. A furious Trump, who had appointed two of the justices in the majority, responded by alleging without evidence that the court was influenced by foreign interests, stating he was "ashamed" of certain members for lacking courage.","In response to the ruling, Trump has pivoted to a broader, more universally applied tariff strategy, which he insists leaves him "more powerful." The new flat-rate tariff eliminates the previous case-by-case approach that was just invalidated. This sweeping measure is expected to have immediate and significant ramifications for global trade, affecting a vast range of goods entering the US from nearly every trading partner worldwide.