Supreme Court Rules Against President Trump’s Tariffs
USA Rice
WASHINGTON, DC – Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Trump overstepped his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on trading partners. In the majority opinion delivered by Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court found that the Administration lacked clear authorization and delegation from Congress to impose tariffs to govern imports.
Supreme Court rules emergency tariffs are illegal
"USA Rice is disappointed that the Supreme Court struck down the Administration’s use of the IEEPA tariffs. We are hopeful that the Administration will be able to quickly pivot to reimpose a number of these tariffs to maintain critical leverage held in dozens of completed and active bilateral negotiations aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit," said USA Rice Chair Keith Glover.
USA Rice supports the Trump Administration taking steps to address the trade imbalances hurting domestic industries, while exempting crucial crop inputs. Most alarming, foreign rice imports have doubled in the last decade with a record 1.51 million MT in 2025, displacing more than $1.5 billion in domestic sales.
"The strategic use of import tariffs to stem the flow of rice imports, especially from global bad actors like Thailand, India, China, Vietnam, and Pakistan, whose brazen illegal policies and practices violate international trade rules, would support the U.S. rice farm economy at a critical time and provide an opportunity to recover domestic market share, prevent further consolidation, and expand rice manufacturing facilities and jobs in many rural communities,” Glover explained. “To effectively achieve this, we urge USTR to initiate a commodity-specific Section 301 investigation – and impose a durable rice-wide tariff, which would limit imports and transshipments, and any other opportunities for countries to reset trade flows and infiltrate the U.S. market."