The same day EU Parliament trade chief proposed freezing the bloc's trade deal with the US amid tariffs "chaos," US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Sunday no countries have indicated they plan to withdraw from trade deals.
In a 6-3 vote on Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not give the president the authority to levy tariffs.
Bernd Lange, chairman of the parliament’s trade committee, said he’ll propose suspending legislative work on approving the so-called Turnberry Agreement at an emergency meeting on Monday “until we have a comprehensive legal assessment and clear commitments from the US.”
“Pure customs chaos on the part of the US government,” Lange wrote on social media Sunday. “Nobody can make sense of it anymore – only unanswered questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners.”
But Greer, speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation" program Sunday, said he had spoken with his EU counterpart and would be speaking with officials from other countries, Reuters reported.
"I haven't heard anyone yet come to me and say the deal is off," Greer said.
After signing an order late Friday implementing a 10% global tariff, Trump said Saturday he would raise it to 15%, effective at 12:01 a.m. Feb. 24. The president claimed authority under IEEPA to implement the new global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.
That statute allows the president to impose tariffs of up to 15% for up to 150 days. After that time, Congress would need to approve any extension. And that authority, how, has never been used to impose tariffs.
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