Trump’s Latest Tariffs: How He’s Keeping His Trade Wall in Place

From the start of his second term, US President Donald Trump made clear he would put tariffs at the center of US economic policy. When the Supreme Court invalidated sweeping import duties he imposed citing emergency powers, he used a different provision — Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, to set a flat 10% levy on imports. Such tariffs are time-limited, however, and Trump’s expired on July 24.