The “coming today” headline referred to President Donald Trump’s April 2, 2025, announcement—not a new tariff announcement in October 2026. The reciprocal tariffs were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court held that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs; an executive order issued that day then directed specified IEEPA duties, including the reciprocal tariffs, to end and to stop being collected as soon as practicable. That order did not end every U.S. tariff, and the available official documents do not establish when collection stopped on every affected tariff line.
What Trump meant by “reciprocal tariffs”
On April 2, 2025, Trump issued Executive Order 14257, titled “Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits.” The order characterized persistent U.S. goods trade deficits as a national emergency and invoked IEEPA as its authority.
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The Supreme Court’s 2026 opinion describes the framework as imposing at least a 10% duty on imports from all trading partners, with higher rates for dozens of nations. That is the Court’s description of the framework, not a current universal tariff rate. Rates and product coverage changed over time, so the original announcement should not be treated as a fixed schedule that still applies.
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| Date and action | What it did |
|---|---|
| April 2, 2025: Executive Order 14257 | Established the reciprocal-tariff action, relying on IEEPA. |
| February 20, 2026: Supreme Court decision in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump | Held that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. The opinion addressed the reciprocal tariffs among the challenged IEEPA actions. |
| February 20, 2026: Executive Order 14389, “Ending Certain Tariff Actions” | Directed specified additional duties imposed under IEEPA orders, including Executive Order 14257, to no longer be in effect and, as soon as practicable, no longer be collected. |
The Court’s ruling concerns the legal authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. Executive Order 14389 is the administration’s direction to end the specified duties and implement that change. The order instructed agencies to take implementation steps, including determining with U.S. Customs and Border Protection whether changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule were needed.
Did the ruling end all U.S. tariffs?
No. Executive Order 14389 addressed specified additional duties imposed under IEEPA; it did not cancel tariffs imposed under every other law. It expressly preserved, among other actions, duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act and Section 301 of the Trade Act. Those programs have different legal bases and should not be confused with the IEEPA reciprocal-tariff action.
What the change means for importers and shoppers
The legal decision and the implementation order do not, by themselves, establish the treatment of every product or customs entry. The order said affected duties should stop being collected as soon as practicable and assigned agencies implementation work. The official documents cited here do not establish the precise operational date on which collection ended for every tariff line.
For an importer, the applicable duty on a particular shipment can depend on the product’s classification, country of origin, entry timing, and other applicable tariff programs. The Supreme Court decision should not be read as proof that every tariff on an imported item disappeared or that a particular past payment will be refunded. Businesses making entry, pricing, or refund decisions need current product- and entry-specific guidance from official customs materials or a qualified trade-compliance professional.
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How to read the old “coming today” headline
“Coming today” was time-specific wording for the April 2, 2025 announcement. It is not a description of a tariff rollout scheduled for today. The relevant later developments are the Supreme Court’s February 20, 2026 ruling on IEEPA authority and the same-day executive order directing an end to specified IEEPA duties, with implementation handled by the relevant agencies.
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