Supreme Court Hands Trump Win On Tariffs

After returning to office in 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on a range of trading partners, arguing that the measures were necessary to address what he described as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security.

The high court struck down those tariffs in February, finding that the IEEPA does not clearly grant the president authority to impose tariffs.

Following the ruling, the Trump administration began exploring other legal mechanisms to pursue its trade agenda.

On Feb. 20, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced that his office would launch a new series of Section 301 investigations involving most major U.S. trading partners, potentially laying the groundwork for additional trade actions.

“The new trade investigations will cover various areas, including industrial excess capacity, forced labor, pharmaceutical pricing practices, discrimination against U.S. technology companies and digital goods and services, digital services taxes, and ocean pollution,” The Epoch Times noted.