US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a press conference. Photo / AFPUnited States President Donald Trump has raised the global duty on imports into the US to 15%, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff policy a day after the Supreme Court ruled much of it illegal. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that after a thorough review of the “extraordinarily anti-American decision” by the court to rein in his tariff programme, the Administration was hiking the import levies “to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level”. The US leader had announced an initial 10% duty in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling. And Trump added that over the next few months, his Administration would seek further alternative ways to impose “legally permissible” tariffs.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 21, 2026 19:22 UTC