US President Donald Trump said Friday that he will impose a new 10 percent tariff on all imports to the United States. Trump's pledge to impose new duties comes in response to the US Supreme Court's decision issued on Friday rejecting a set of customs duties imposed by Trump on imported goods. The decision is Trump's biggest defeat before the Supreme Court since his return to the White House. Trump described the Supreme Court's decision as "shameful," accusing it, without any evidence, of being influenced by "foreign interests."

Published on: 02/20/2026 - 16:14 Last updated: 02/21/2026 - 11:34

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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will impose a 10% tariff on all imports into the United States. The Supreme Court had invalidated the comprehensive international tariffs he had imposed, which formed a cornerstone of his economic agenda.

Trump responded with extreme anger to the decision of the judges, three of whom he appointed, accusing the court, without any evidence, of being influenced by “foreign interests.”

The US Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday rejecting a set of customs duties that caused disruption to global trade, thus hindering a major tool he used to impose his economic agenda.

"I'm very disappointed in some members of the court, I'm very disappointed, for not having the courage to do what's right for our country," Trump told reporters.

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He announced that he would use an alternative mechanism to impose a new unified 10 percent tariff, after spending the past year imposing different rates to persuade and punish other countries.

The ruling does not affect sector-specific tariffs that Trump imposed separately on imports of steel, aluminum and other goods. There are still ongoing government investigations that may lead to more fees on certain sectors.

But the decision is Trump's biggest defeat before the Supreme Court since his return to the White House last year.

Informed sources said that President Donald Trump described the Supreme Court’s decision regarding comprehensive global customs duties as “shameful,” after the decision was issued during his meeting with state governors.

The Supreme Court, with a conservative majority of six to three, issued a decision stating that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act “does not give the President the authority to impose tariffs.”

Chief Justice John Roberts, in presenting his opinion, noted that “the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not include any reference to tariffs or duties.”

Trump has long used tariffs as a pressure card and in negotiations. He used unprecedented emergency economic powers upon his return to the presidency last year to impose new tariffs on nearly all of America's trading partners.

The measures included imposing customs duties in response to what Washington considered unfair trade practices, in addition to separate packages of duties targeting major partners: Mexico, Canada and China, against the backdrop of drug flows and migration.

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The court ruled Friday that “if Congress had intended to grant distinct and exceptional authority to impose tariffs” under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, “it would have done so expressly as it has done in other tariff laws.”

International reactions to the ruling continued, with the European Union announcing that it was “carefully analyzing” it and communicating with the US administration, while Canada believed that the court’s decision confirms that Trump’s charges are “unjustified.”

As for the United Kingdom, it indicated that it would cooperate with Washington to discuss the repercussions of the ruling.

The ruling does not affect sector-specific tariffs that Trump imposed separately on steel, aluminum and other imports. There are still ongoing investigations that may lead to more fees on certain sectors.

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The Supreme Court's decision confirms previous findings by lower courts that held that the tariffs imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were unlawful.

A lower commercial court ruled in May that Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs and blocked implementation of most of them, but that ruling was temporarily suspended to decide on the appeal.

France 24/AFP

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