The court struck down several Trump-era tariffs on Asian export giants, China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, key players in tech supply chains and the global chip market
Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place. The Trump administration says its tariffs help boost American manufacturers and reduce the trade gap. But many US businesses have had to raise prices and adjust in other ways to offset higher costs spurred by the tariffs. It remains to be seen how much relief businesses and consumers will actually get from Friday's ruling. Within hours of the court's decision, Trump pledged to use a different law to impose a 10 per cent tariff on all imports that would last 150 days, and to explore other ways to impose additional tariffs on countries he says engage in unfair trade practices. "Any boost to the economy from lowering tariffs in the near-term is likely to be partly offset by a prolonged period of uncertainty," said Michael Pearce, an economist at Oxford Economics. "Wit
Many firms cautioned that Trump could pursue other avenues to impose similar tariffs, reducing the benefit of lower levies, while tariff refunds are likely to be difficult to obtain
Markets fluctuated on Friday between bets that the Fed would cut rates in June or wait until July, reflecting the complications introduced by the Supreme Court ruling
India now faces a lower tariff rate of 10 per cent, down from 18 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a new global levy on items imported into America in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict against his sweeping tariffs. In a proclamation titled 'Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge to Address Fundamental International Payments Problems', Trump said he is imposing, for a period of 150 days, a "temporary import surcharge of 10 per cent ad valorem" on articles imported into the United States, effective February 24. Given this new tariff rate of 10 per cent, which will be applicable on countries around the world, Indian goods being imported into the US would no longer be subject to the 18 per cent tariff rate that had been decided on following the announcement of a framework for an Interim Agreement on trade between India and the US. In a major setback to Trump's pivotal economic agenda in his second term, the US Supreme Court, in a 6-3 verdict written by Chief Justice
The US Supreme Court's 6-3 decision striking down Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs has put Indian-origin lawyer Neal Katyal in focus, after he successfully argued that only Congress can impose tariff
Trump administration has cautioned foreign trading partners and the business community for months that it would use alternative tools to address its trade concerns if IEEPA tariffs were struck down
Mexican and Canadian officials know that even if using IEEPA is out, the Trump administration is ready to employ other tactics to gain an edge over them
US President invokes Section 122 to impose 150-day import surcharge from February 24, citing a widening balance-of-payments deficit after Supreme Court strikes down reciprocal tariffs
Yields rose broadly following the court's decision with the rate on the benchmark 10-year note climbing to 4.10%
Trump's remarks came after the US Supreme Court ruled that he could not rely on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose sweeping tariffs on imports
The ruling came weeks after India and the US issued a joint statement towards an interim trade agreement on February 7 stating the contours of the deal
The president acted alone even though the US Constitution specifically gives the power to tax and impose tariffs to Congress
The court did not say how the government should refund the illegal tariffs, worth an estimated $175 billion
GTRI says the US Supreme Court's decision striking down Trump's global tariffs frees most Indian exports from reciprocal duties, prompting a reassessment of the new bilateral trade deal
Shares of affected companies reacted positively, including Europe's luxury brands from LVMH to Hermes and Italian luxury outerwear group Moncler, all of which rose after the ruling
The US Supreme Court rejected the use of a national emergency law to justify broad tariffs on imported goods
Shares of legacy automaker General Motors recouped some losses and were last down 0.1%, while Ford Motor was last up 1%
UK says its lowest reciprocal tariffs and close ties will safeguard its privileged trade position with the US after the Supreme Court strikes down Trump's sweeping tariffs
"We take note of the ruling by the US Supreme Court and are analysing it carefully," said the spokesperson