US Supreme Court strikes down Trump's global tariff agenda
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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a stinging loss on an issue crucial to his political and economic agenda.
Furious about the defeat, Trump said he will impose a global 10 percent tariff as an alternative while pressing his trade policies by other means. The new tariffs come under a law that restricts them to 150 days.
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court for striking down much of his sweeping tariffs on more than a hundred countries and regions, saying it is an illegal use of emergency power.
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling centred on the policies under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The Court said the Act "does not grant the President authority to impose tariffs", effectively making Trump's global tariffs illegal.
U.S. President Donald Trump said: "The Supreme Court's decision today made a President's ability to both regulate trade and impose tariffs more powerful and more crystal clear rather than less. I don't think they meant that. I'm sure they didn't. Today I will sign an order to impose a 10 percent global tariff under Section 122, over and above our normal tariffs already being charged. And we're also initiating several Section 301 and other investigations to protect our country from unfair trading practices of other countries and companies."
Trump had made tariffs the bedrock of his economic pitch to voters going into the midterm elections, even describing tariffs as his "favourite word in the dictionary."
He promised factories would relocate from overseas and bring jobs with them and warned that losing the tariffs could plunge the U.S. into a deep recession.
Josh Boak, The Associated Press said: "What happened with the Supreme Court ruling was a rare yet pointed rebuke of President Trump's power. They said he exceeded his authority. And what we have seen as the president has tried to concentrate more power inside the White House is not a lot of pushback by Congress. But that dam is starting to break. Earlier this month Congress said that they opposed Trump's tariffs on Canada.
We've seen the Federal Reserve stressed their independence and now we've said that the Supreme Court believes that Trump cannot go as far as he would like to go."
