Trump Signs 10 Percent Tariff Order Hours After IEEPA Ruling
The move came hours after the court voted 6-3 to invalidate Trump's tariff policy under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), finding that the administration's broad interpretation of the law encroached on congressional authority and violated the "'major questions' doctrine," which requires actions of "vast economic and political significance" by the executive branch to be clearly authorized by Congress.
"It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10-percent Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion, ruling that the president must "point to clear congressional authorization" to justify his extraordinary assertion of the power to impose tariffs. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.
The ruling left unresolved whether tariffs already collected at higher rates would be refunded to importers.
In a separate executive order signed the same day, Trump moved to wind down IEEPA-based tariff collections.
"In light of recent events, the additional ad valorem duties imposed pursuant to IEEPA shall no longer be in effect and, as soon as practicable, shall no longer be collected," the order stated.
The order directed all executive departments and agencies to immediately halt collection of those duties, while clarifying that other trade measures — including national security-based actions and existing proclamations such as the Continuing the Suspension of Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries and the Proclamation of Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge to Address Fundamental International Payments Problems — remain unaffected.
At a Friday press conference, Trump indicated he was exploring alternative legal avenues to preserve his broader tariff agenda, having already invoked Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to maintain steel and aluminum tariffs on national security grounds.
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