US President Donald Trump has announced that he has signed an executive order imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from all countries.
"I just signed an executive order in the Oval Office that imposes global tariffs on all countries. It will come into effect almost immediately," he wrote on the Truth Social social network.
The US president previously warned that he would issue a similar order after the US Supreme Court ruled that most of the tariffs imposed by the White House were illegal. Trump explained that he is using a provision of the Commerce Act of 1974 to do this.
It provides that the president has the authority to impose such tariffs, but only for 150 days.
After that, the observance of these measures requires the consent of the US Congress.
