The brake on tariffs and Trump’s powers – The Issue #1664

By 6 votes to 3, the United States Supreme Court struck down this Friday (20) the main pillar of President Donald Trump’s trade strategy: the policy of reciprocal tariffs on imported products. According to the decision, Trump exceeded his authority by imposing the tariff and must submit any measure related to taxation to Congress. These tariffs were announced in April 2025 and vary between 10% and 50% on products from practically all American trading partners, including Brazil. The amount raised is estimated to be more than US$175 billion, but it is not clear whether the American government will need to return the amount. The decision has strong political weight. It was the first time since Trump’s return to the White House that the Supreme Court imposed a direct limit on the president’s power. He responded immediately and reported that he will use a new legal instrument to apply another global tariff of 10%. To analyze the economic and political impacts of the end of tariffs, Natuza Nery welcomes Mauricio Moura, founder of the research institute Ideia, columnist for the newspaper O Globo and professor at George Washington University. Maurício explains the arguments of the Supreme Court judges and tells what he heard from representatives of the American political world. Guest: Mauricio Moura, founder of the Ideia research institute, columnist for the newspaper O Globo and professor at George Washington University. What you need to know: RATE RAISES: US Supreme Court strikes down tariffs and says that Trump ‘exceeded his authority’ TARIFF DROPPED: What are the next steps and how the decision could affect Brazil UNDERSTAND: How could the decision affect the dollar and the Brazilian economy? REPERCUSSION: How countries reacted to the overturning of Trump’s tariffs NATIONAL PRODUCTS: Dropping the tariff could benefit Brazilian instant coffee, grapes and honey The podcast O Assunto is produced by: Luiz Felipe Silva, Amanda Polato, Sarah Resende, Carlos Catelan and Luiz Gabriel Franco. Presentation: Natuza Nery. O Susunto is the daily podcast produced by g1, available on all audio platforms and on YouTube. Since its debut in August 2019, the O Assunto podcast has had more than 168 million downloads across all audio platforms. On YouTube, g1’s daily podcast has more than 14.2 million views. Trump talks about tariffs Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

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