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US global tariffs after Supreme Court ruling

Broad US tariffs now rest on Section 301 (10% or 12.5% on about 60 economies since July 24) and expanding Section 232 sector tariffs. Refunds of the struck-down IEEPA tariffs are being processed.

Confidence: medium. No story this week changes the documented tariff rules; Democratic plans to end tariffs are statements of intent, not law. · Updated 11 Nov 2026, 2pm ET

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What's happening

On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the emergency-powers law (IEEPA) did not authorize Trump's sweeping tariffs. The administration replaced them with a temporary 10% global tariff that expired on July 24, then imposed Section 301 tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on 60 economies that it says failed to adopt or enforce bans on goods made with forced labor. It also keeps using Section 232 'national security' powers; its latest actions, on wind turbines (Oct 22) and robotics (Oct 28), ordered trade negotiations rather than new tariffs for now. Democrats take control of Congress in January, and a senior Democratic congressman has said the party will work to end Trump's tariffs on allies. Most of these tariffs do not need a vote of Congress, and experts cited by the South China Morning Post expect strong opposition from Trump to any attempt by the new Congress to reverse some of them.

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10% or 12.5%Section 301 'forced labor' tariff rate on goods from 60 economies since July 24, 2026 (about 99% of US imports, per the administration)Cleary Gottlieb · source

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