The Big Take

Trump Charts New Trade Path After Supreme Court Blocks Key Tariff Hammer

Dealt a blow by the Court, the US president finds himself with less leverage as he tries to rebuild his protectionist trade wall.

US President Donald Trump delivered a broadside against Supreme Court justices after they struck down the bulk of his sweeping global tariffs.

US President Donald Trump delivered a broadside against Supreme Court justices after they struck down the bulk of his sweeping global tariffs.

Photographer: Bonnie Cash/Bloomberg

The most consequential rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term isn’t going to stop him from wielding tariffs or disrupting the global economy.

Yet the protectionist wall Trump has built around the world’s largest economy is unlikely to ever look entirely the same.