US warned that any country challenging the SC ruling, particularly those long accused of exploiting the US, would face steeper tariffs. India, however, has so far refused to sign an agreement in the face of the new trade scenario
By Amjad Qaimkhani
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday warned that any country seeking to “play games” following a key US Supreme Court tariff ruling would face much higher duties, singling out India.
The Supreme Court had ruled that tariffs Trump imposed last year under a national emergency law were illegal, reigniting uncertainty for countries with existing or pending trade deals with the United States.
“Any Country that wants to ‘play games’ with the ridiculous Supreme Court decision, especially those that have ‘Ripped Off’ the US 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!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
On February 20, Trump vowed to continue his global trade war, insisting he remained undeterred by what he called a “ridiculous ruling.” He announced a new 10 percent tariff on imports from all countries. A day later, he said he would raise the temporary tariff from 10 percent to 15 percent on all US imports, the maximum level allowed under the law.
The new levies rely on a separate, untested statute—Section 122—which permits tariffs up to 15 percent but requires congressional approval to extend them beyond 150 days. In a social media post, Trump said he would use the 150-day period to issue other “legally permissible” tariffs. The administration plans to rely on two additional statutes that allow import taxes on specific products or countries based on national security concerns or unfair trade practices.
“I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10 percent Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been ‘ripping’ the US off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15 percent level,” he wrote.
The Supreme Court’s annulment of Trump’s original tariffs, coupled with his new temporary 15 percent global levy, has thrown international trade into fresh uncertainty. For some nations—particularly China and Brazil—the new 15 percent baseline is lower than the tariffs they had previously faced.
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