Trump had said he would raise levy to 15% after last week’s supreme court ruling

Donald Trump’s new global tariffs have taken effect at 10%, even though he had threatened a higher rate of 15% over the weekend, providing “some relief” for British businesses, according to a lobby group.

After the US president suffered a defeat at the hands of the supreme court on Friday, which struck down his sweeping “liberation day” tariffs imposed last year, he angrily reacted by announcing a 10% global tariff, which he raised to 15% on Saturday in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.

According to a notice from the US customs agency, “an additional 10% ad valorem duty on imported articles of every country” has been imposed for a period of 150 days from Tuesday, unless specifically exempt.

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      It’s Americans who will be paying, if they want what the penguins have to offer. That’ll teach those judges!

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        Hardly anyone seems to call this what it is: a grifter skimming off the top… of everything. The ultimate middleman. It’s a grab, not geopolitical.

        Tax is a dirty word. Tarriff is a beautiful word. Spot the difference?

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    After 150 days can he just reimpose it or is there a cooldown period before he can trigger it for another 150 days?

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      Im sure there are no guardrails or limitations. I feel like if congress shot down the tariffs he could just implement them again