A Message to Our American Customers

After the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that many of the broad tariffs imposed under emergency economic powers were unlawful, the administration quickly shifted to use other legal authorities (notably Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974) to impose a temporary 10 % global tariff on most imports, with plans to extend or adjust rates through separate investigations and statutory tools. Some tariffs on key sectors — especially steel, aluminum, and autos — remain in force, and Trump has signaled intentions to raise the global tariff baseline (with discussions of bumping it to 15 %) and pursue new levies via national-security and unfair-trade statutes. Meanwhile, specific country rates (such as on China and India) remain elevated under reciprocal frameworks, and legal and economic uncertainty persists as courts and businesses grapple with the fallout from the tariff rulings.