Trump Signs Order to Impose 10 Percent Global Tariffs After Supreme Court Ruling

The Supreme Court overturned the administration’s use of emergency powers to implement global tariffs. The new tariffs are invoked under a different authority.

Shipping cranes stand above container ships loaded with shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2026. Mario Tama/Getty Images

President Donald Trump said on Feb. 20 that he signed an order to impose a 10 percent global tariff in response to the Supreme Court striking down sweeping levies issued under an emergency powers law.

“It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10% Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.