Trump Announced 15% Duties On All US Imports
- 22.02.2026, 9:16
Instead of the previously announced 10%.
President Donald Trump said he will raise the global duties he announced Friday from 10% to 15%, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found the White House chief executive's mechanism for imposing the tariffs illegal. Trump wrote this in Truth Social, The Moscow Times reported.
"I, as President of the United States of America, will immediately raise the global tariff on imports of goods and services for countries, many of which have been 'ripping off' the United States with impunity for decades (until I took office!), from 10% to the fully authorized and legally justified level of 15%," the president said. Trump also wrote that the Supreme Court issued an "absurd, poorly written and extremely anti-American decision" on the duties, which he imposed after returning to the White House in 2025.
Trump announced the duties in February 2025, after his inauguration. The tariffs on U.S. imports hit Canada, China and Mexico for not doing enough, in his view, to prevent shipments of the drug fentanyl to the United States. On April 2, the president announced a 10% levy on imports from virtually every country in the world. Additional rates were also imposed on dozens of countries that Washington has declared unfair participants in international trade.
Trump attributed these measures to an economic emergency due to the growing U.S. trade deficit. The emergency law had not been used for these purposes before him. Under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, the president has the authority to impose tariffs for 150 days without congressional approval. They would then require congressional approval to continue.
On Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled by a majority (6 to 3) that Trump acted illegally by using the law to justify his "reciprocal" tariffs.
The authorities managed to collect at least $133.5 billion from importers while they were in effect, and now the companies intend to recover those losses through the courts.