US tariffs could rise to 15% or more after supreme court blow, trade representative says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Wed 25 Feb 2026 08.46 EST
Last modified on Wed 25 Feb 2026 11.13 EST


The US tariff rate for some countries will go up to 15% or higher from the newly imposed 10%, Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, said on Wednesday, without naming any specific trading partners or other details.

“Right now, we have the 10% tariff. It’ll go up to 15 [%] for some and then it may go higher for others, and I think it will be in line with the types of tariffs we’ve been seeing,” Greer said in an interview on Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria program.

The US president suffered a defeat at the hands of the US supreme court last week which struck down his sweeping “liberation day” tariffs imposed last year. But in response Donald Trump announced a 10% global tariff.

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.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/tariffs-increase-trump-levy-trade

[bluestarone]

1. Question, so i'm prepared for it

Could TSF stop these tariffs after say 100 days, THEN start them over again? On and ON and ON?

[BumRushDaShow]

2. The statute that is being used

is here.

I'm not seeing anything there forbidding stopping early and then restarting... just that it can be stopped before the 150 day period.

But I think the bigger issue, which is what will trigger lawsuits, is if the conditions for use of this authority are even valid for many of the countries impacted.

[bluestarone]

3. TY. Just going by TSF's track record.

I'm thinking he will stop, then restart again for 150 days, Was hoping a total of 150 days. but wondered about a loop hole. We'll see i guess.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Just like the previous tariffs nonsense

this is going to generate literally thousands of lawsuits (and yes, the tariff thing that was just decided did have that many including from the biggies like the Chamber of Commerce, etc). So this might not get very far if someone is able to generate a class action suit to halt the whole thing.

[Javaman]

5. how could it be more? the orange pedo is limited to 15%. nt

[Martin68]

6. It is a huge bluff. Trump is desperate, and his attempts to wield power through tariffs are doomed to failure. The new

tariffs are not only illegal, they have a built in time limit. He says his plan is to use them as a stop gap measure until they can implement tariffs by other means, but he is running out of options.