The US International Trade Court blocks Trump's new 10% global tariffs

WashingtonThe United States International Trade Court has declared illegal the 10% global tariff that Donald Trump applied in substitution of the universal tariffs that the Supreme Court overturned. This is a new legal setback for one of the pillars of the US president's economic agenda, which has plunged the country into a trade war that has only increased the cost of the citizen's shopping basket.

In a divided ruling, the panel of federal judges has determined that the US president wrongly invoked the 1974 trade law to apply the new 10% tariffs. Last February, the Supreme Court declared that the global tariffs that Trump had imposed in April 2025 were illegal, as he had abused emergency powers to declare them. On the contrary, it left intact other tariffs that had been applied under other resolutions, such as section 122 of the 74 trade law. For example, the high court upheld the tariffs issued on steel and aluminum imports, as they were issued under different authority.

The judicial blow comes just a few hours after Trump again threatened the European Union with more tariffs if it does not reduce its taxes on US products to zero before July 4. "The promise was made that the EU would fulfill its part of the agreement and, according to the pact, would reduce its tariffs to ZERO! I have agreed to give you leeway until our country's 250th anniversary or, unfortunately, your tariffs will immediately rise to much higher levels," he wrote. Although the tone is threatening, the reality is that the tycoon has given Europeans more time to finalize the ratification of the agreement.

The tariffs, which Trump defends as the magic bullet to solve the US fiscal deficit, have also served as a pressure tool to obtain economic concessions from other countries. On the contrary, it has weakened the dollar and increased the volatility of financial markets.