Our partners have been responsive and engaged in good-faith negotiations and agreements despite the pending litigation, and we are confident that all trade agreements negotiated by President Trump will remain in effect, he said in a statement.
The Supreme Court’s decision today affects one element of the Administration’s successful work to reorient the global trading system to benefit American workers and businesses, Greer said.
“The Trump Administration is committed to continue implementing the President’s trade policy, which was at the core of his campaign and agenda. For many months, the Trump Administration has cautioned foreign trading partners and the business community that if the Supreme Court were to limit the President’s authority to impose tariffs under International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) alternative tools would be implemented to address many of the issues at the heart of the President’s reciprocal tariff program, he said.
These objectives include reducing the U.S. global trade deficit in goods, reversing the lack of reciprocity by our foreign trading partners, and incentivizing the reshoring of production to the United States, Greer said.
The Trump Administration will take the following actions in short order to ensure continuity in reaching these goals and as part of our negotiated agreements with numerous trading partners including Immediately imposing a temporary 10 per cent surcharge on articles imported into the United States, pursuant to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, he said.
“The Supreme Court’s decision today addresses the constitutionality of only President Trump’s Reciprocal and Fentanyl Tariffs. Extensive tariffs that President Trump has imposed pursuant to other statutory authorities will remain in place. For example, existing Section 301 tariffs on China range from 7.5 per cent to 100 per cent, depending on the product, and existing sectoral Section 232 tariffs range from 10 per cent to 50 per cent, depending on the product. These measures cover 30 per cent of existing U.S. imports,” Greer said.
Read more here: https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/february/ambassador-greer-issues-statement-supreme-court-ieepa-decision
