US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would increase the rate from 10 to 15%. a temporary global tariff on imported goods after the US Supreme Court invalidated most of Trump's 2025 tariffs.
The US Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the centerpiece of Trump's foreign and economic policy on Friday by invalidating tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The most controversial import taxes were overturned, including 10%. minimum duty on goods from almost all countries, 15%. customs duties on EU goods, as well as punitive tariffs imposed on China, Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
The US president criticized the court's decision and signed the regulation on the 10% tax on the same day. customs duties on goods from all countries imposed under other regulations.
On Saturday, the US president posted on his Truth Social platform announcing a tariff increase to 15 percent: “Based on a thorough, detailed and complete analysis of the absurd, poorly written and extremely anti-American tariff decision issued yesterday, after MANY months of deliberation, by the Supreme Court of the United States, please allow this announcement to constitute a declaration that I, as President of the United States of America, will, effective immediately, raise worldwide tariffs by 10% on countries many of whom have been “robbing” the United States with impunity for decades (until I came along!), up to the fully permitted and legally tested level of 15%.
The president also outlined a time frame for implementing the increased tariff: “Over the next several months, the Trump Administration will identify and implement new legally permissible tariffs that will continue our incredibly successful process of Making America Great Again – BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE!!! Thank you for your attention. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
After Friday's decision of the Supreme Court to invalidate the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, American companies are demanding a refund of customs duties worth a total of over USD 130 billion, the British newspaper “Financial Times” reported on Saturday.
According to data from the Customs and Border Protection Office, quoted by “FT”, the funds obtained by mid-December 2025 from the introduced customs duties amounted to USD 133.5 billion. In turn, data from Yale University indicate USD 142 billion for the entire year 2025, and JPMorgan bank estimates that the total amount of duties collected may be up to USD 200 billion.
As reported by the British daily, business groups representing large and small companies in the US have called for a quick refund process, although administration officials in Washington and analysts warn that it could take up to years.
– The quick refund of unacceptable customs duties will be important for over 200,000 people. small import companies in this country and will help support stronger economic growth this year, said Neil Bradley of the US Chamber of Commerce, quoted by the FT.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Saturday that he expects a lower tariff burden on the German economy following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that eliminated much of President Donald Trump's trade tariffs.
In an interview with the German station ARD, Merz said that talks with Washington are necessary before German companies can recover billions of dollars and announced that European Union countries will closely coordinate their actions before his upcoming visit to the US.
– We will have a very clear European position on this issue, because tariff policy is a matter for the European Union, not individual member states, and I will go to Washington with a coordinated European position, Merz said.
Brussels has the tools to respond to the United States on the tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on Friday, French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier told the Financial Times on Saturday.
Merz expects tariffs to be reduced after the US court ruling
In an interview with the German station ARD, Merz said that talks with Washington are necessary before German companies can recover billions of dollars and announced that European Union countries will closely coordinate their actions before his upcoming visit to the US.
– We will have a very clear European position on this issue, because tariff policy is a matter for the European Union, not individual member states, and I will go to Washington with a coordinated European position, Merz said.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, responding to a question from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily about the situation after the US court's judgment on customs duties, said that: “uncertainty in this matter remains high, especially since Trump announced new customs duties.”
Brussels has the tools to respond to the US's latest tariffs
Brussels has the tools to respond to the United States on the tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on Friday, French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier told the Financial Times on Saturday.
“Paris has entered into talks with EU partners and the European Commission on President Trump's decision to impose a single global tariff of 10% after the US Supreme Court ruled that many of the existing tariffs imposed on trading partners were unlawful,” Forissier said.
He added that “the EU has the appropriate instruments if necessary.”
The EU's response could include options such as a “trade bazooka” – an anti-coercion instrument (ACI) – that could impact US tech companies, the FT wrote. “Bazooka” is a tool adopted in 2023 that allows the European Union to punish unfriendly countries for “economic blackmail” by restricting trade licenses and cutting off access to the single market.
The text states that another possibility is to launch the suspended package of retaliatory tariffs on American goods exceeding the value of EUR 90 billion.
(PAP)
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