U.S. Trade Rep. Greer Says That SCOTUS Ruling on Trump’s Tariffs Is ‘Actually Not as Big a Change’ People Might Think It Is

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GREER: “Well, the president’s been campaigning on tariffs and protecting American industry for many years, and he does what he says. He delivers on his promises. And so, the policy hasn’t changed. The legal tool to implement it, that might change, but the policy hasn’t changed. And so, we’re aiming for continuity. There’s a 15 percent tariff now. It’s roughly equivalent to the types of tariffs that we had in place under IEEPA. As this tool expires, I’m going to be conducting Section 301 investigations. The Commerce Department has existing tariffs under Section 232. A lot of tariffs are still in place. The reality is we want to maintain the policy we have, have as much continuity as possible. Make sure that business understands this is the — you know, this is the direction we’ve been going. We’re going to continue going this way. And there’s been a throughline to President Trump, Biden, and President Trump again, that we’re going to have tariffs. We’ll have tariffs on China. We’ll protect U.S. industry. It’s actually not as big a change as people might think that it is.”