{"id":3994,"date":"2026-02-21T04:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2026-02-21T04:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:09:02","slug":"trump-issues-10-percent-global-tariffs-after-u-s-supreme-court-ieepa-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=3994","title":{"rendered":"Trump Issues 10 Percent Global Tariffs After U.S. Supreme Court IEEPA Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at new <strong>U.S. <\/strong>tariffs after a landmark <strong>Supreme Court <\/strong>ruling, the <strong>White House<\/strong> considering limited strikes on <strong>Iran<\/strong>, and rising political tensions in <strong>France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Switching IEEPA for Section 122<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump overstepped his <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/11\/03\/us-supreme-court-tariff-case-constitution-ieepa-trump\/\">executive authority<\/a> when he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually all of the United States\u2019 trading partners.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at new <strong>U.S. <\/strong>tariffs after a landmark <strong>Supreme Court <\/strong>ruling, the <strong>White House<\/strong> considering limited strikes on <strong>Iran<\/strong>, and rising political tensions in <strong>France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/world-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<form data-shortcode-newsletter=\"world_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief newsletter-shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-world_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"World Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it,\u201d Chief Justice John Roberts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-1287_4gcj.pdf\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0in the court\u2019s 6-3 opinion. \u201cIEEPA\u2019s grant of authority to \u2018regulate \u2026 importation\u2019 falls short. IEEPA contains no reference to tariffs or duties. The Government points to no statute in which Congress used the word \u2018regulate\u2019 to authorize taxation. And until now no President has read IEEPA to confer such power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As such, Roberts concluded, \u201cwe hold that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Trump appears unwilling to go down without a fight. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116104410806971686\">scathing rebuke<\/a> of the court\u2019s decision, Trump announced plans on Friday to impose a 10 percent global duty\u2014this time under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974\u2014on top of U.S. levies already in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to protect our Country, a President can actually charge <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/12\/05\/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-united-states\/\">more TARIFFS<\/a> than I was charging in the past under the various other TARIFF authorities, which have also been confirmed, and fully allowed,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116104407604484915\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>But as FP\u2019s Keith Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/02\/20\/supreme-court-tariffs-trump-ruling-ieepa\/\">writes<\/a>, authorities such as Section 122 \u201care more limited in both the scope and the duration of the tariffs, and they require prior investigation before implementation.\u201d Section 122 allows the president to issue tariffs of up to 15 percent via an executive order to address \u201clarge and serious\u201d balance-of-payments deficits. The duration of those levies is effective for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/briefing-paper\/presidential-tariff-powers-need-reform#section-122-trade-act-1974\">only 150 days<\/a> before they need congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling and Trump\u2019s subsequent declaration inject uncertainty into Washington\u2019s trade deals. The European Union has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-20\/eu-lawmakers-call-meeting-on-us-trade-deal-after-tariff-ruling?taid=6998975a968e5b0001132e0f&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">announced<\/a> that lawmakers will convene an emergency meeting on Monday to reassess the bloc\u2019s trade agreement, which\u2014if ratified\u2014would erase tariffs on most U.S. goods while setting a 15 percent duty on EU products. The United Kingdom <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveKopack\/status\/2024888807909105668?s=20\">suggested<\/a> that it will work with the administration to understand how the ruling will affect tariffs currently in place. And Canadian Internal Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DLeBlancNB\/status\/2024870802324111511\">stressed<\/a> that the court decision \u201creinforces Canada\u2019s position that the IEEPA tariffs imposed by the United States are unjustified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s ruling also opens up a new can of worms: What will happen to the as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-tariff-revenue-risk-supreme-court-ruling-tops-175-billion-penn-wharton-2026-02-20\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=022026&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">$175 billion<\/a> in U.S. tariff revenue collected under IEEPA? \u201cRefunds of billions of dollars would have significant consequences for the U.S. Treasury,\u201d Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a dissenting opinion, adding that the process would likely be a \u201cmess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 60 percent of total tariff revenue last year stemmed from duties imposed under IEEPA, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/ieepa\">Cato Institute<\/a>, citing data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. And of the 50 modifications made to the U.S. tariff code in 2025, half of them came from actions under that authority.<\/p>\n<p>This suggests that a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/11\/05\/supreme-court-tariffs-case-oral-arguments-trump-ieepa-trade\/\">messy future<\/a> is likely in store for the Trump administration\u2019s economic plans. Asked during a Friday press conference whether his administration has to pay back the tariff revenue, a frustrated Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2024919647754354889?s=20\">noted<\/a> that the Supreme Court decision did not answer that question. \u201cI guess it has to get litigated for the next two years,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Today\u2019s Most Read<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>What We\u2019re Following<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Potential limited strikes. <\/strong>Trump confirmed on Friday that he is considering a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/02\/11\/iran-war-trump-usa-decapitation-regime-change-invasion\/\">limited military strike<\/a> on Iran to pressure Tehran into reaching a nuclear deal. Sources told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/trump-hints-at-10-day-window-for-decision-on-iran-6370e477\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> that an initial attack would likely target a few military or government sites and could be authorized as early as this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>If Iran still refuses to end its nuclear enrichment program, a key demand of the Trump administration, then the United States could issue a broader military campaign aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/02\/20\/four-scenarios-war-iran-trump\/\">toppling Tehran\u2019s regime<\/a>. Sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-strikes-iran-could-target-individual-leaders-officials-say-2026-02-20\/\">Reuters<\/a> on Friday that the U.S. military has reached an advanced stage with options that include targeting individuals.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Trump has ordered a massive U.S. military buildup in Middle East, including deploying a second aircraft carrier, while U.S. negotiators engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/02\/17\/us-negotiations-geneva-iran-nuclear-deal-russia-ukraine-war\/\">indirect talks<\/a> with Iranian officials. The U.S. president warned Tehran on Thursday that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/russia-warns-escalating-iran-tensions-amid-us-military-build-up-2026-02-19\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=022026&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">really bad things<\/a>\u201d will happen if Iran fails to reach a deal within 10 to 15 days. It is worth noting that Trump set a similar deadline last June before issuing strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites just days later.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/02\/18\/iran-war-trump-united-states-negotiations-deal-nuclear\/\">vowed retaliation<\/a> if the United States carries out an attack, with Tehran telling United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Thursday that it will consider an adversary\u2019s bases, facilities, and assets in the Middle East \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-tells-un-chief-it-will-respond-decisively-if-subjected-military-aggression-2026-02-19\/\">legitimate targets<\/a>.\u201d At the same time, though, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-not-seeking-zero-enrichment-talks-irans-foreign-minister-says-2026-02-20\/\">confirmed<\/a> on Friday that he expects to have a draft counterproposal for a nuclear deal ready within a few days for senior Iranian officials to review, saying that another round of U.S.-Iran talks could be possible in a week or so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fear of political violence. <\/strong>French Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/france\/20260220-french-interior-minister-pledges-tight-security-at-rally-for-slain-far-right-activist\">confirmed<\/a> on Friday that police reinforcements will be deployed to Lyon for this weekend\u2019s planned rally for killed far-right activist Quentin Deranque. However, Nu\u00f1ez declined to ban the demonstration despite a request to do so from Lyon\u2019s mayor.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old activist was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/18\/france-arrests-over-killing-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-lyon\">beaten to death<\/a> last week while on the sidelines of a protest against a university conference in Lyon, where lawmaker Rima Hassan of the hard-left France Unbowed party was speaking. Right-wing lawmakers have blamed <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/25\/melenchon-french-left-politics-progressive-coalition-2027-election\/\">France Unbowed <\/a>for Deranque\u2019s death, but party leader Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JLMelenchon\/status\/2023829504251089369?s=20\">denied<\/a> any France Unbowed involvement and has called for calm. Two people have been charged with intentional homicide in relation to Deranque\u2019s death, and a third has been charged with complicity. A former France Unbowed parliamentary aide has admitted to being at the scene but has denied delivering the killing blows.<\/p>\n<p>But tensions between the opposing parties appear to only be escalating, gaining the attention of international audiences. On Wednesday, far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GiorgiaMeloni\/status\/2024153741658624409\">joined the fray<\/a> by calling groups linked to \u201cleft-wing extremism\u201d a \u201cwound for all of Europe.\u201d French President Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, was quick to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/french-parliamentary-assistant-among-those-facing-murder-charge-after-death-far-2026-02-19\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=022026&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">issue a rebuke<\/a>, telling reporters on Thursday, \u201cI\u2019m always struck by how people who are nationalists, who don\u2019t want to be bothered in their own country, are always the first ones to comment on what\u2019s happening in other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Epstein files fallout. <\/strong>British police <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrest-king-charles-61ea3c437680b8341e623e4d9efa47b8?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=MorningWire_20%2Cfeb-2026&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">searched the home<\/a> of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Friday, a day after the former U.K. prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct while holding public office. Mountbatten-Windsor was the first British royal to be arrested in 379 years. After nearly 11 hours in custody, he was released and is now residing at Sandringham Estate, King Charles III\u2019s private retreat, while the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>Mountbatten-Windsor is suspected of having shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/11\/world\/europe\/epstein-prince-andrew-uk-investigation.html\">confidential trade information<\/a> with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while the former was serving as the United Kingdom\u2019s trade envoy. These included disclosing reports of his official visits to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam as well as sending a confidential memo detailing investment opportunities in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The former prince has not yet commented on these allegations. However, he has consistently denied any wrongdoing surrounding his <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/09\/04\/jeffrey-epstein-prince-andrew-royal-family-abuse-britain\/\">longtime association<\/a> with Epstein. Separately, U.K. police said earlier this month that they were reviewing allegations that Epstein trafficked a woman to the United Kingdom to have a sexual encounter with Mountbatten-Windsor, though his arrest on Thursday was unrelated to those allegations. Charles stripped his brother of his royal titles last November, but Mountbatten-Windsor is still eighth in line for the throne.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Odds and Ends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Japanese city of Osaka is about to get a major glow up. Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/japan-osaka-gold-donation-water-pipes-2f2e68017b7b041858c2de46a67be7ab?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=MorningWire_20%2Cfeb-2026&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">revealed<\/a> on Thursday that in November 2025, the city received an anonymous donation of gold bars worth $3.6 million, with the caveat that the money must be used to improve Osaka\u2019s water system. \u201cIt\u2019s a staggering amount, and I was speechless,\u201d Yokoyama said. \u201cTackling aging water pipes requires a huge investment, and I cannot thank enough for the donation.\u201d According to Japanese waterworks officials, Osaka needs to renew 160 miles of pipes, which could cost upward of $418 million.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/02\/20\/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-ruling-ieepa-section-122-trade-agreements\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at new U.S. tariffs after a landmark Supreme Court ruling, the White House considering limited strikes on Iran, and rising political tensions in France. 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