Trump warns countries against ‘playing games' with tariffs
US President Donald Trump on Monday warned trading partners against reconsidering recently negotiated agreements with Washington, saying countries that “play games” with US trade deals would face steeper tariffs imposed under alternative legal authorities.
In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump reacted to last week’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down his emergency tariffs introduced under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). While the decision invalidated those specific duties, Trump argued that the court reaffirmed his broader authority to impose tariffs through other statutes.
He cautioned that nations he accused of having “ripped off” the United States for years could be hit with significantly higher import taxes if they attempted to withdraw from or alter trade understandings reached with his administration. Trump also floated the idea of introducing licensing fees on foreign imports, though he did not provide details on how such a system would work.
In Brussels, the European Parliament postponed a planned vote on a trade arrangement with the US after Trump announced a temporary 15 percent tariff on imports from all countries under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The rate, initially set at 10 percent, was raised to the statutory maximum over the weekend and is scheduled to take effect at 12:01am EST Tuesday.
Under the proposed US-EU framework, most European goods would face the 15 percent tariff, though exemptions would apply to select food products, aircraft components, critical minerals and pharmaceutical inputs. In exchange, the European Union would remove duties on a range of American industrial exports.
US Customs and Border Protection confirmed it would cease collecting the now-invalid IEEPA tariffs once the new measures come into force, underscoring continuing uncertainty in global trade markets.
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