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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and Lisa O’Carroll

US tariff policy ‘hasn’t changed’ despite supreme court ruling, trade chief says

two men in suits look ahead
Jamieson Greer listens as Donald Trump speaks at a press briefing held at the White House on Friday in Washington DC. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Top US trade negotiator Jamieson Greer insisted on Sunday that the Trump administration was set to persist with its tariffs policy, two days after the supreme court declared many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal.

The ruling issued on Friday by the highest US court was a sharp rebuke to the Republican president that toppled a key pillar of his aggressive economic agenda – even as it prompted Trump to announce a new global tariff using different statutes, albeit temporary.

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