Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would raise a temporary tariff rate on US imports from all countries from 10% to 15%, less than 24 hours after the US supreme court ruled against the legality of his flagship trade policy. The US president initially said he would impose a 10% levy after the Supreme Court struck down his previous import taxes on Friday. A White House fact sheet issued on Friday regarding the original 10% tariffs said the levies would go into effect at 12.01am ET on Tuesday, 24 February. German chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday that he would travel to Washington with a coordinated European position after the US supreme court’s blow to Trump’s tariff agenda, and warned of the “poison” of more uncertainty. French president Emmanuel Macron told journalists in Paris: “It is not bad to have a supreme court and, therefore, the rule of law.

Source: Irish Examiner February 22, 2026 09:16 UTC