India, March 7 -- By Charanjit Ahuja In a landmark 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States has struck down former President Donald Trump's sweeping "emergency" tariffs, holding that he exceeded his statutory authority by invoking emergency economic powers to impose broad import duties. The judgment is more than a domestic constitutional rebuke. It recalibrates the balance of power in U.S. trade policy, injects fresh uncertainty into global commerce, and carries important implications for India.

At the heart of the dispute was the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a 1977 law designed to empower presidents to respond swiftly to genuine national emergencies - typically throug...