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

"we want to maintain the policy we have, have as much continuity as possible, make sure that business understands this is the direction we've been going. We're going to continue going this way, Greer told the ABC News Sunday politics show This Week. ABC host Martha Raddatz asked Greer about the government's persistence despite the unpopularity of the policy with the public, citing an ABC/Washington Post/Ipsos poll that showed 64% of those surveyed in the US disapproved of tariffs as an economic strategy."

"The legal tools that implement that may change but the policy hasn't changed, he said, arguing that it gives US business a lot of leverage in world trade. Greer also said in a separate interview with CBS that the US will not back out of tariff deals it has already sealed with a number of countries around the world including the UK, the EU, Japan, Switzerland and others, even though the supreme court ruled that tariffs imposed in those deals were illegal."

Jamieson Greer insisted US tariff policy remains unchanged after the Supreme Court declared many of Donald Trump's tariffs illegal. The court decision removed a key pillar of the previous administration's economic agenda, prompting a temporary global tariff increase to 15% from an initial 10%. Greer said the legal tools used to implement tariffs may change but the underlying policy will provide US businesses leverage in world trade. The administration plans to stand by bilateral tariff deals with about 20 countries including the UK, EU, Japan and Switzerland. Public polling shows 64% disapproval of tariffs as a strategy. Emergency-tariff flexibility will be reduced.

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