Trade Court Rejects Trump’s Section 122 Global Tariffs

Posted 5/8/26

The ruling narrows the administration’s post-IEEPA tariff playbook by holding that Section 122 cannot be used as a general-purpose substitute for the global tariffs the Supreme Court rejected in February. The immediate remedy is limited to the importer plaintiffs, but the opinion’s reasoning gives other importers a roadmap to challenge the 10 percent surcharge and puts pressure on the White House to shift to more statute-specific tools, including Section 301 or Section 232, if it wants a broader and more durable tariff regime.

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