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Trump administration to stop collecting tariffs this week after Supreme Court bans his global levy
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The Trump administration will stop collecting tariffs imposed on international goods later this week, after the president’s sweeping levies were declared illegal by the Supreme Court last week.
Import fees imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act “will no longer be in effect and will no longer be collected… on or after 12:00 a.m. eastern time on February 24, 2026,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
Trump described the Friday decision by the Supreme Court as “deeply disappointing” and said he was “absolutely ashamed” of the Republican appointees who’d failed to back his prized policy, and continued to rage against the decision Monday morning.
“As President, I do not have to go back to Congress to get approval of Tariffs,” he wrote on Truth Social. “It has already been gotten, in many forms, a long time ago! They were also just reaffirmed by the ridiculous and poorly crafted supreme court decision!”
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In a separate post he added: “Any Country that wants to ‘play games’ with the ridiculous supreme court decision, especially those that have ‘Ripped Off’ the U.S.A. for years, and even decades, will be met with a much higher Tariff, and worse, than that which they just recently agreed to. BUYER BEWARE!!!”
Earlier, the president said he would not be using capital letters to refer to the Supreme Court in post “for a while,” and suggested he could still do “terrible” things to foreign countries.
“The supreme court (will be using lower case letters for a while based on a complete lack of respect!) of the United States accidentally and unwittingly gave me, as President of the United States, far more powers and strength than I had prior to their ridiculous, dumb, and very internationally divisive ruling,” Trump fumed.
“For one thing, I can use Licenses to do absolutely ‘terrible’ things to foreign countries, especially those countries that have been RIPPING US OFF for many decades, but incomprehensibly, according to the ruling, can’t charge them a License fee – BUT ALL LICENSES CHARGE FEES, why can’t the United States do so?”
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In its 6-3 decision, the nation’s conservative-leaning high court determined that Trump’s global levies were unlawfully imposed under a 1977 law. However, his industry specific tariffs will remain in place.
“The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope. In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.
The economic impact of the court’s decision is likely to be significant, though may also take months to be noticeable. It may also require the federal government to refund billions of dollars already collected due to the tariffs.
The Supreme Court did not offer clear guidance about the refund process. But companies that had to pay tariffs may be able to seek compensation from the Treasury Department.
