WASHINGTON
\nFresh US tariffs on imported goods came into effect on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump moved to rebuild his trade agenda after the Supreme Court ruled against a swath of his global duties. The new tariffs, initially set at 10%, are justified as a means \u201cto deal with the large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits,\u201d according to a White House released Friday.
\nTrump has since vowed to raise this level to 15%, with exclusions expected to remain for goods covered by sector-specific investigations and the US-Mexico-Canada trade pact. The US president has doubled down on imposing tariffs on trading partners since the high court on Friday struck down many of his sweeping and often arbitrary duties, in a rebuke of his signature economic policy.
\nHis sector-specific tariffs on goods like steel and autos remain intact, but the ruling sets the stage for a complex fight for refunds elsewhere. The new duty taking effect on Tuesday only lasts for 150 days unless extended by Congress and is widely seen as a bridge towards more durable trade policy. US Customs and Border Protection has said it would stop collecting tariffs struck down by the court starting Tuesday, too.
\nIt separately said it would start collecting the new 10-percent tariffs Tuesday. The conservative-majority court ruled six to three that Trump had exceeded his authority in using a 1977 law to impose sudden tariffs on individual countries. Trump\u2019s new tariff will apply to $1.2 trillion worth of imports on an annual basis or about 34% of total goods imported, said Erica York, vice president of federal tax policy at the Tax Foundation.
\n\u201cThe Trump tariffs amounted to an average tax increase per US household of $1,000 in 2025,\u201d she added. With Trumps global tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ruled illegal, his new and existing duties are still set to \u201cresult in a household burden of $700 in 2026,\u201d she said. Trump insisted on Monday that the Supreme Court gave him \u201cfar more powers and strength\u201d with its ruling, adding that he could \u201cuse licenses to do absolutely \u00b4terrible\u00b4 things to foreign countries.\u201d
\n\u201cWith his tariff wings clipped, Trump needs a new tool to express displeasure on actions by others,\u201d said Wendy Cutler, a former US trade official. \u201cThreatening steep licensing fees is an alternative but it lacks the flair and quantitative nature of tariffs,\u201d added Cutler, senior vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute. Trump also threatened to hike tariffs on countries that choose to \u201cplay games\u201d following the court decision, in a warning to nations that recently struck trade deals with Washington under the threat of duties. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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