WASHINGTON – Following last week’s Supreme Court decision that struck down his comprehensive tariff initiative, President Donald Trump expressed his frustration with the nation’s highest court on Monday while outlining plans for alternative trade enforcement measures, though he provided no specific details about his strategy.
In a social media statement, Trump declared: “The court has also approved all other Tariffs, of which there are many, and they can all be used in a much more powerful and obnoxious way, with legal certainty, than the Tariffs as initially used.”
Over the weekend, Trump announced his intention to increase temporary import duties from 10% to 15% on goods entering the United States from all nations – the highest rate permitted by existing legislation. This announcement came one day after the Supreme Court determined that Trump had overstepped his executive powers when he implemented various elevated tariff rates using emergency economic authority.
