U.S. Trade Rep Greer says tariff policy 'hasn't changed' despite SCOTUS ruling
Source: ABC News
February 22, 2026, 11:20 AM
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer outlined Sunday how the Trump administration's tariff policy will continue, despite Friday's Supreme Court ruling blocking most of the president's signature economic policy.
"The legal tool to implement it, that might change, but the policy hasn't changed," Greer told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "And so, we're aiming for continuity. There's a 15% tariff now. It's roughly equivalent to the types of tariffs that we had in place under IEEPA."
The Supreme Court ruling specifically blocked President Donald Trump's implementation of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which accounted for 70% of all tariffs the administration had imposed globally. In the 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court said the emergency law, which does not mention tariffs or duties, did not give the president the authority to impose import taxes. While there are other laws the executive branch can use to impose tariffs, those options are more limited or cumbersome to implement than the sweeping authority the president argued he had under IEEPA.
While acknowledging the president is more constrained now, Greer insisted the White House still has "durable tools" to do tariffs.
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