Countries with Trump trade deals to face temporary 10 per cent tariff

Countries that struck trade deals with President Donald Trump mdash including India the United Kingdom the European Union and Japan mdash will temporarily face a uniform 10 per cent tariff following the Supreme Courtrsquos decision restricting the administrationrsquos use of emergency tariff powers under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act IEEPA the White House saidldquoSCOTUS Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the President cannot impose tariffs using the IEEPA legal authorityrdquo a White House official said after President Trump signed a new order in this regard following the apex court striking down his IEEPA authorityThe official added that countries that had negotiated trade arrangements with Trump ldquowere being tariffed by the Administration using the IEEPA legal authorityrdquo With that authority no longer applicable ldquothose countries will now be tariffed at the global 10 per cent tariff using the Section 122 legal authorityrdquoThe change is temporary the White House saidldquoThis is however only temporary as the Administration will be pursuing other legal authorities to implement more appropriate or prenegotiated tariff ratesrdquo the official stated ldquoUntil then we expect all countries to continue abiding by their trade deal commitments on reducing trade barriers and other concessions which have not changedrdquoThe clarification confirms that the newly announced 10 per cent global surcharge under Section 122 replaces the earlier IEEPAbased tariffs for now but does not alter the substance of negotiated trade commitmentsEarlier in the day Trump reacted sharply to the Supreme Court ruling calling it ldquodeeply disappointingrdquo and saying he was ldquoashamed of certain Members of the CourtrdquoldquoI would like to thank and congratulate Justices Thomas Alito and Kavanaugh for your Strength Wisdom and Love of our Countryrdquo Trump wrote adding that dissenting opinions showed there was ldquono way that anyone can argue against themrdquoHe accused the majority of being influenced by outside forces writing ldquoIt is my opinion that the Court has been swayed by Foreign Interests and a Political Movement that is far smaller than people would thinkrdquoTrump argued that while the Court struck down his use of IEEPA tariffs it left other trade authorities intact mdash and potentially strongerldquoThe Supreme Court did not overrule TARIFFS they merely overruled a particular use of IEEPA TARIFFSrdquo he said He added that alternative statutes ldquoare even stronger than the IEEPA TARIFFSrdquo and that ldquoa President can actually charge more TARIFFS than I was charging in the pastrdquoHe announced that ldquoeffective immediately all National Security TARIFFS Section 232 and existing Section 301 TARIFFS remain in placerdquo and confirmed he would impose ldquoa 10 per cent GLOBAL TARIFF under Section 122 over and above our normal TARIFFS already being chargedrdquoIn a statement Ambassador Jamieson Greer said the Courtrsquos decision ldquoaffects one element of the Administrationrsquos successful work to reorient the global trading system to benefit American workers and businessesrdquoGreer said the Presidentrsquos use of IEEPA had been ldquoa necessary and appropriate toolrdquo to address ldquothe fentanyl immigration and trade deficit crisesrdquo and argued that progress had been made Between April 1 and December 31 2025 ldquothe trade deficit in goods has declined 17 per centrdquo he saidThe administration outlined a series of steps to maintain continuity including Immediately imposing a temporary 10 per cent surcharge under Section 122 Initiating several new Section 301 investigations into ldquounjustifiable unreasonable discriminatory and burdensome actsrdquo Continuing ongoing Section 301 probes involving Brazil and China and maintaining existing Section 232 tariffs tied to national securityGreer noted that the Supreme Court ruling addresses ldquoonly President Trumprsquos Reciprocal and Fentanyl Tariffsrdquo and said ldquoextensive tariffsrdquo under other authorities remain in placeExisting Section 301 tariffs on China range from 75 per cent to 100 per cent depending on the product while Section 232 tariffs range from 10 per cent to 50 per cent and cover roughly 30 per cent of US importsA White House fact sheet issued Friday said the temporary import duty would last 150 days and take effect February 24 at 1201 am The document said the measure is designed to address ldquofundamental international payment problemsrdquo and rebalance trade relationshipsCertain goods will be exempt from the temporary duty including critical minerals pharmaceuticals certain electronics passenger vehicles aerospace products and informational materials according to the fact sheetThe administration also reaffirmed that US trade partners are expected to honour their legally binding agreements despite the change in legal authorityldquoOur partners have been responsive and engaged in goodfaith negotiations and agreements despite the pending litigation and we are confident that all trade agreements negotiated by President Trump will remain in effectrdquo Greer saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever