A new US tariff on goods from countries around the world, which President Donald Trump announced on Friday, has come into effect on Tuesday night local time. This is reported by the news agencies AFP and Bloomberg.
The announcement from Trump on Friday came the day after the US Supreme Court declared that the increased tariffs that Trump introduced last year were illegal.
The tariff rate was originally 10 percent, but Trump subsequently announced that he would raise it to 15 percent. However, there is no time frame for when it could potentially come into effect.
The US Supreme Court ruled last week that Donald Trump did not have the legal basis to impose punitive tariffs on a large number of countries. According to the Supreme Court, Trump exceeded his powers when he imposed a large number of increased tariffs.
Trump imposed the punitive tariffs using the International Emergency Economic Powers (IEEPA) law. The law is designed for national emergencies, but according to the country's Supreme Court, it does not give the president the authority to impose increased tariffs broadly.
According to the US Constitution, it is Congress - and not the president - that has the authority to impose tariffs and regulate US trade with foreign countries.
When the new tariffs were announced on Friday, according to the White House, it was done in reference to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. According to AFP and Bloomberg, it allows the new tariffs to be in effect for 150 days unless extended by Congress.
According to AFP, the US Customs and Border Protection agency has stated that it will stop collecting the tariffs that the court has overturned from Tuesday. The authority will start collecting the new 10 percent tariff from Tuesday.
When Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Wednesday night Danish time, he is expected to address the Supreme Court's tariff decision, according to the Reuters news agency. On Friday, he described the ruling as "ridiculous, poorly written and extraordinarily anti-American".
The US president is invited to Congress every year to deliver the State of the Union address. The speech on Wednesday night will be Trump's first State of the Union address in his second term.
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