Trump now says he will raise global tariffs from 10% to 15%.

BarcelonaUS President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will raise global tariffs from 10% to 15%. He made the announcement in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. This announcement comes a day after the United States Supreme Court overturned the tariffs that Trump had imposed because he believed it should be approved by Congress.

On Friday, when the US Supreme Court's ruling was announced—a decision issued by a predominantly conservative court with the support of justices appointed by Trump himself—the US president announced that he would temporarily replace the tariffs struck down in the ruling with a new global tariff of 10%. But this Saturday morning in the United States, he has already stated that these global tariffs will not be 10%, but 15%.

Trump didn't hesitate to attack the judges who overturned the tariffs again, calling the ruling "ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily un-American." "As President of the United States of America, I will be raising, effective immediately, the global tariff of 10% on various countries, many of which have been scamming “The US for decades, without retaliation (until I came along!), up to the fully permissible and legally proven level of 15%,” he announced.

Furthermore, Trump indicates that during the coming months his administration “will determine and issue the new legally permissible tariffs,” some of which are extraordinarily successful in making America great again, greater than ever before.”

The fact is that while the Supreme Court invalidated the effect of the original tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Protection Act (IEEPA), Trump has ordered these new levies under another instrument, Section 12, imposing maximum tariffs of 15% for an initial period of 150 days. But after this time, the tariffs can only be extended with the consent of the US Congress. This has become the key word regarding the future of world trade. We await the reaction of the markets when no one knows exactly how the situation will turn out. If that were the case, how could they be reclaimed? And what about the various trade agreements the United States has signed with several countries around the world, for example, the one last July? And what about the other countries of the European Union (EU) to assess the consequences of the new scenario that will emerge after the US Supreme Court's decision? He believes a common position will be necessary. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on Saturday, which he sees as proof that there are "checks and balances in democracies," but he remained cautious about the consequences because, as he noted, just hours later, Trump announced new tariffs, and "therefore, we will be watching closely." Macron added that France wants to continue exporting and do so "under the fairest rules possible," with "reciprocity" and without suffering "unilateral decisions." "The separation of powers in the US seems to still be working, and that's good news," he said from his party's congress, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in Stuttgart, in an interview on public television. Merz indicated that during his upcoming trip to Washington, scheduled for March 2, he will try to discuss the issue. "Tariffs hurt everyone. Some don't benefit from them, while others are harmed. Above all, they harm the country that imposes the tariffs, because it's the consumers who pay them," the chancellor warned. However, before speaking with the US leader, the German chancellor plans to coordinate with the European Union, he said, since tariff policy is a community matter. The vice-chancellor noted that despite the US court ruling, uncertainty will remain in the medium term. "And Trump has already announced new tariffs. That's why the uncertainty remains high," he said in an interview with the newspaper. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.