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  • 阿富汗东部发生5.8级地震


    发布/2026年2月20日 23:05

    阿富汗东部发生5.8级地震,首都喀布尔震感明显。

    新华社引述美国地质调查局地震信息网消息说,此次地震发生在当地时间星期五(2月20日)下午5时40分左右(新加坡时间晚上9时10分左右),震中在喀布尔东北方向,位于北纬35.59度、东经69.76度,震源深度90.7公里。

    阿富汗政府尚未发布相关人员伤亡和财产损失信息。

    阿富汗东部发生5.8级地震

    发布/2026年2月20日 23:05

    阿富汗东部发生5.8级地震,首都喀布尔震感明显。

    新华社引述美国地质调查局地震信息网消息说,此次地震发生在当地时间星期五(2月20日)下午5时40分左右(新加坡时间晚上9时10分左右),震中在喀布尔东北方向,位于北纬35.59度、东经69.76度,震源深度90.7公里。

    阿富汗政府尚未发布相关人员伤亡和财产损失信息。

  • 特朗普在公开公布前的社交媒体中暗示GDP数据不佳,指责政府停摆


    2026年2月20日 美国东部时间下午3:27 / 路透社 / 霍华德·施奈德报道

    华盛顿,2月20日(路透社) – 在最新美国经济增长数据公布前,总统唐纳德·特朗普似乎提前暗示了令人失望的年终经济增长读数,并批评民主党在去年秋天的长期政府停摆中所扮演的角色,正是这一停摆拖累了经济的整体产出数据。

    “民主党停摆使美国GDP至少减少了两个百分点。这就是他们再次以小规模形式这么做的原因。不要停摆!此外,更低的利率。‘反应迟缓’的鲍威尔是最糟糕的!!!总统DJT”,特朗普在新政府数据公布前半个多小时于社交媒体上发文。新数据显示,美国经济在去年最后三个月的年增长率仅为1.4%,而2025年10月1日至11月12日持续43天的联邦政府停摆估计使这一数字降低了1.15个百分点。

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    总统通常会提前收到一些经济数据,但根据惯例,民选官员会在这些报告公布后才发表评论,通常是在上午8:30。他呼吁降低利率已成为老生常谈,而美联储目前正等待特朗普任命的新任主席凯文·沃什(Kevin Warsh)在现任主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔(Jerome Powell)的任期于5月结束后接任。

    上季度联邦支出下降16.6%,是自20世纪70年代初以来最大降幅。

    特朗普的提前发文似乎恰逢股票指数期货交易量激增,但在他发表评论后,市场价格和债券收益率几乎没有变化。

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    白宫发言人库什·德赛(Kush Desai)在回应有关特朗普评论尚未发布的数据的问题时,将重点放在了数据中隐含的私营部门增长增强这一点上。

    “今天的GDP报告显示,特朗普总统继续推动以私营部门为主导的强劲经济增长,消费和投资表现强劲”,他表示,并辩称,如果单独看私营部门的数据,“远超”其他人对美国经济增长的预测。

    “美国的经济复苏将在2026年进一步加速”,他说。

    显示停摆的拖累效应

    事实上,政府停摆的影响通常被视为暂时性的,类似于暴风雨对经济增长的影响——仅在某一时间段降低增长,未来会得到弥补。例如,错过工资的政府工作人员最终会收到欠薪,并要么弥补延迟的支出,要么补充减少的储蓄。

    去年秋天的政府停摆是特朗普、共和党人和民主党人在包括医疗保健资金和延长税收抵免(以帮助中低收入家庭负担私人医疗保险)等问题上对峙的结果。目前,国土安全部部分部门因移民和海关执法局的资金问题而处于停摆状态。

    第四季度GDP增长数据低于分析师预期的3%,2025年全年增长率为2.2%,低于2024年(拜登总统任期的最后一个完整年份)的2.8%,也低于特朗普政府官员此前预期的3%的全年数字。

    2025年大部分时间,政府支出都对经济构成拖累,而这是在政府的推动下发生的。特朗普新任期的头几个月包括大幅削减一些联邦机构,并大规模削减联邦雇员。

    根据美国经济分析局的最新估计,联邦支出的变化在去年前三个月使经济增长降低了0.37个百分点,在4月至6月期间降低了0.35个百分点。

    但年底的拖累更为显著,是1994年以来最严重的。

    霍华德·施奈德报道;安德里亚·里奇编辑

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    Trump nodded to low GDP numbers in social post ahead of public release, blaming shutdown

    February 20, 2026 3:27 PM UTC / Reuters / By Howard Schneider

    WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump seemingly flagged a disappointing end-of-year reading on U.S. economic growth before it was made public, criticizing the role Democrats played in an extended government shutdown last fall that pulled down the economy’s headline output numbers.

    “The Democrat Shutdown cost the U.S.A. at least two points in GDP. That’s why they are doing it, in mini form, again. No Shutdowns! Also, LOWER INTEREST RATES. “Two Late” Powell is the WORST!!! President DJT,” Trump said on social media more than half an hour before the release of new government data that showed the economy grew at just a 1.4% annual rate over the final three months of the year, with the 43-day federal shutdown from October 1, 2025, to November 12, 2025 lowering that by an estimated 1.15 percentage points.

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    The president receives some economic data in advance, but elected officials have by tradition withheld comment until those reports are made public, often at 8:30 a.m. His call for lower interest rates has become a common refrain, with the Federal Reserve now awaiting a transition to a new chair, Kevin Warsh, named by Trump to take over after current Chair Jerome Powell’s term ends in May.

    The 16.6% drop in federal spending last quarter was the biggest decline since the early 1970s.

    Trump’s early post appeared to coincide with a jump in trading volumes in equity index futures but there was little change in market prices or bond yields following his comments.

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    White House spokesman Kush Desai, responding to questions about Trump’s commenting on data that had not yet been released, focused on the implied shift in the data to stronger private sector growth.

    “Today’s GDP report showed that President Trump continues to deliver robust private sector-led economic growth with strong consumption and investment,” he said, arguing that if isolated the private sector numbers “smashed” estimates by others of U.S. growth.

    “America’s economic comeback is set to only accelerate in 2026,” he said.

    shows drag from shutdown

    Indeed the impact of government shutdowns is typically seen as temporary, similar to the impact of storms that lower economic growth in one time period only to see it made up in the future. Government workers who missed paychecks, for example, eventually receive back salary and either make up for delayed spending or replenish diminished savings.

    The government shutdown last fall was the result of a standoff among Trump, Republicans and Democrats over, among other issues, healthcare funding and the extension of tax credits to help middle- and lower-income families afford private health insurance. Parts of the Department of Homeland Security are currently shut down in a standoff over funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

    The fourth-quarter GDP growth figure was short of the 3% expected by analysts and put full-year growth for 2025 at 2.2%, less than the 2.8% achieved in 2024, President Joe Biden’s final full year in office, and below the 3% full-year figure Trump administration officials said they anticipated.

    Government spending was a drag on the economy for much of 2025, and at the administration’s instigation. The first months of Trump’s new term in office involved deep cuts to some federal agencies and a broad effort to cull federal workers.

    According to the latest estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, changes in federal spending lowered economic growth by 0.37 percentage points in the first three months of last year, and by 0.35 percentage points from April through June.

    But the drag at the end of the year was more notable, the largest since 1994.

    Reporting by Howard Schneider; Editing by Andrea Ricci

    Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

  • 进出口回落 美国去年对华贸易逆差缩至20年最低 | 联合早报


    [周岳翔]北京特派员 发布/2026年2月20日 22:38

    受美国总统特朗普关税政策与地缘政治不确定性影响,美国去年与中国大陆的进出口皆回落,美中贸易逆差降至20年来最低水平。图为停放在洛杉矶港的中国集装箱,摄于2025年11月5日。 (路透社档案照)

    受美国总统特朗普关税政策与地缘政治不确定性的影响,美国去年与中国大陆的进出口皆回落,美中贸易逆差收窄至2021亿美元(约2565亿新元),降至20年来最低水平。美国自台湾进口则大幅攀升,美台贸易逆差翻倍至1470亿美元,创下历史新高。

    受访学者指出,从双边直接贸易数据来看,美中“脱钩”趋势似乎加深,但基于部分贸易可能通过第三国转口完成,实际脱钩程度未必如表面数据所显示的那般明显。计划4月访华的特朗普,若希望争取北京更多采购承诺以进一步缩小美中贸易逆差,势必提出具有实质意义的让步作为交换。

    美国商务部当地时间星期四(2月19日)公布的最新进出口数据显示,美国去年12月自台湾进口同比增长约144%,达247亿美元;自中国大陆进口则同比下降近44%,降至211亿美元。这也是数十年来美国自台湾进口金额,首次超过自中国大陆的进口规模。

    从全年数据来看,美国去年对中国贸易逆差减少近32%至2021亿美元,写下自2005年以来最低水平。其中,美国自中国进口下降近30%至3084亿美元,为2010年以来最低;对华出口则减少近26%至1063亿美元。

    另外,美国去年对台湾贸易逆差达1468亿美元,增幅达98%。其中,美国自台湾进口增长73%至2014亿美元,对台出口增28%至546亿美元。

    特朗普去年1月重返白宫后挥舞关税大棒,4月初对全球祭出对等关税,中美爆发贸易战和关税战。去年10月底,中美元首在韩国釜山会晤后,贸易战暂告休兵,两国紧张关系有所缓和。

    历经近10个月谈判,台湾与美国已于美东时间2月12日签署对等贸易协定,台湾输美产品关税从20%降至15%且不迭加既有关税;台湾政府承诺要在美国投资5000亿美元。

    彭博社分析,特朗普在对中国大陆加征更高关税背景下,大陆出口商逐步降低对美国市场的依赖;台商则加大在美布局,台湾去年对美出口几乎占整体出口的三分之一。台湾去年12月对美出口激增,反映为人工智能企业供应晶片和服务器的需求大幅扩张。

    法国外贸银行(Natixis)亚太区高级经济师吴卓殷接受《联合早报》采访时分析,从表面数据来看,中美双边直接贸易似乎呈现“脱钩”加深的趋势,但部分变化可能属于转口贸易——即中间品仍由中国提供,在第三国组装成最终产品后再出口至美国。“在更深层次的供应链联系上,实际脱钩程度可能远没有数据所显示的那么明显。”

    尽管中美贸易摩擦加剧影响对美出口,但中国官方数据显示,去年整体出口保持强劲增长,创下1.2万亿美元的顺差新高,较2024年扩大20%,为全球有史以来最高水平,主要来自于欧盟,以及亚细安、拉丁美洲等“一带一路”非美市场。

    吴卓殷研判,特朗普预计于4月访华期间可能推动增加自中国的进口,这或将进一步缩小美中贸易逆差。然而,由于企业已完成供应链重组,尤其是在面向美国市场的出口布局方面,特朗普此行未必会显著提振中国对美的直接出口。

    尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院客座资深研究员奥尔森(Stephen Olson)受访时指出,与特朗普首个总统任期相比,北京认为自身目前所处的战略与经济位置更有利,因此不太可能再接受类似2020年中美签署第一阶段贸易协议那样单方面安排。

    奥尔森分析,中国此前面对特朗普关税威胁采取强硬立场,很大程度上已被证明是有效的。“如果特朗普希望通过争取更多采购承诺来缩小美中贸易逆差,就须拿出具有实质意义的让步作为交换。”

    进出口回落 美国去年对华贸易逆差缩至20年最低 | 联合早报

    [周岳翔]北京特派员 发布/2026年2月20日 22:38

    受美国总统特朗普关税政策与地缘政治不确定性影响,美国去年与中国大陆的进出口皆回落,美中贸易逆差降至20年来最低水平。图为停放在洛杉矶港的中国集装箱,摄于2025年11月5日。 (路透社档案照)

    受美国总统特朗普关税政策与地缘政治不确定性的影响,美国去年与中国大陆的进出口皆回落,美中贸易逆差收窄至2021亿美元(约2565亿新元),降至20年来最低水平。美国自台湾进口则大幅攀升,美台贸易逆差翻倍至1470亿美元,创下历史新高。

    受访学者指出,从双边直接贸易数据来看,美中“脱钩”趋势似乎加深,但基于部分贸易可能通过第三国转口完成,实际脱钩程度未必如表面数据所显示的那般明显。计划4月访华的特朗普,若希望争取北京更多采购承诺以进一步缩小美中贸易逆差,势必提出具有实质意义的让步作为交换。

    美国商务部当地时间星期四(2月19日)公布的最新进出口数据显示,美国去年12月自台湾进口同比增长约144%,达247亿美元;自中国大陆进口则同比下降近44%,降至211亿美元。这也是数十年来美国自台湾进口金额,首次超过自中国大陆的进口规模。

    从全年数据来看,美国去年对中国贸易逆差减少近32%至2021亿美元,写下自2005年以来最低水平。其中,美国自中国进口下降近30%至3084亿美元,为2010年以来最低;对华出口则减少近26%至1063亿美元。

    另外,美国去年对台湾贸易逆差达1468亿美元,增幅达98%。其中,美国自台湾进口增长73%至2014亿美元,对台出口增28%至546亿美元。

    特朗普去年1月重返白宫后挥舞关税大棒,4月初对全球祭出对等关税,中美爆发贸易战和关税战。去年10月底,中美元首在韩国釜山会晤后,贸易战暂告休兵,两国紧张关系有所缓和。

    历经近10个月谈判,台湾与美国已于美东时间2月12日签署对等贸易协定,台湾输美产品关税从20%降至15%且不迭加既有关税;台湾政府承诺要在美国投资5000亿美元。

    彭博社分析,特朗普在对中国大陆加征更高关税背景下,大陆出口商逐步降低对美国市场的依赖;台商则加大在美布局,台湾去年对美出口几乎占整体出口的三分之一。台湾去年12月对美出口激增,反映为人工智能企业供应晶片和服务器的需求大幅扩张。

    法国外贸银行(Natixis)亚太区高级经济师吴卓殷接受《联合早报》采访时分析,从表面数据来看,中美双边直接贸易似乎呈现“脱钩”加深的趋势,但部分变化可能属于转口贸易——即中间品仍由中国提供,在第三国组装成最终产品后再出口至美国。“在更深层次的供应链联系上,实际脱钩程度可能远没有数据所显示的那么明显。”

    尽管中美贸易摩擦加剧影响对美出口,但中国官方数据显示,去年整体出口保持强劲增长,创下1.2万亿美元的顺差新高,较2024年扩大20%,为全球有史以来最高水平,主要来自于欧盟,以及亚细安、拉丁美洲等“一带一路”非美市场。

    吴卓殷研判,特朗普预计于4月访华期间可能推动增加自中国的进口,这或将进一步缩小美中贸易逆差。然而,由于企业已完成供应链重组,尤其是在面向美国市场的出口布局方面,特朗普此行未必会显著提振中国对美的直接出口。

    尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院客座资深研究员奥尔森(Stephen Olson)受访时指出,与特朗普首个总统任期相比,北京认为自身目前所处的战略与经济位置更有利,因此不太可能再接受类似2020年中美签署第一阶段贸易协议那样单方面安排。

    奥尔森分析,中国此前面对特朗普关税威胁采取强硬立场,很大程度上已被证明是有效的。“如果特朗普希望通过争取更多采购承诺来缩小美中贸易逆差,就须拿出具有实质意义的让步作为交换。”

  • 美国最高法院裁定特朗普违宪 总统无权单方面加征关税


    2026年2月20日 23:32 / 联合早报

    美国最高法院星期五(2月20日)作出重大裁决,判定总统特朗普通过加征关税来重塑全球贸易的做法超越了法律赋予总统的职权。这一裁决意味着特朗普推行其经济议程的一项核心工具遭到封杀。

    据路透社和法新社报道,在这项以六比三通过的判决中,保守派占据多数的最高法院明确指出,根据《国际紧急经济权力法》(International Emergency Economic Powers Act),总统并无获得加征关税的授权。

    立即订阅《联合早报》,洞察全球局势异动,把握世界经济发展脉搏,解锁国际热点评析。

    美国最高法院裁定特朗普违宪 总统无权单方面加征关税

    2026年2月20日 23:32 / 联合早报

    美国最高法院星期五(2月20日)作出重大裁决,判定总统特朗普通过加征关税来重塑全球贸易的做法超越了法律赋予总统的职权。这一裁决意味着特朗普推行其经济议程的一项核心工具遭到封杀。

    据路透社和法新社报道,在这项以六比三通过的判决中,保守派占据多数的最高法院明确指出,根据《国际紧急经济权力法》(International Emergency Economic Powers Act),总统并无获得加征关税的授权。

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  • 美国最高法院裁定特朗普违宪 总统无权单方面加征关税


    2026年2月20日 23:32 / 联合早报

    美国最高法院星期五(2月20日)作出重大裁决,判定总统特朗普通过加征关税来重塑全球贸易的做法超越了法律赋予总统的职权。这一裁决意味着特朗普推行其经济议程的一项核心工具遭到封杀。

    据路透社和法新社报道,在这项以六比三通过的判决中,保守派占据多数的最高法院明确指出,根据《国际紧急经济权力法》(International Emergency Economic Powers Act),总统并无获得加征关税的授权。

    美国最高法院裁定特朗普违宪 总统无权单方面加征关税

    2026年2月20日 23:32 / 联合早报

    美国最高法院星期五(2月20日)作出重大裁决,判定总统特朗普通过加征关税来重塑全球贸易的做法超越了法律赋予总统的职权。这一裁决意味着特朗普推行其经济议程的一项核心工具遭到封杀。

    据路透社和法新社报道,在这项以六比三通过的判决中,保守派占据多数的最高法院明确指出,根据《国际紧急经济权力法》(International Emergency Economic Powers Act),总统并无获得加征关税的授权。

  • 最高法院裁定特朗普全面紧急关税非法


    发布时间:2026年2月20日,美国东部时间上午10:03 / 更新时间:2026年2月20日,美国东部时间上午10:25 / 来源:CNN

    作者:[约翰·弗里茨]

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    总统唐纳德·特朗普于2025年4月2日在华盛顿特区白宫玫瑰园举行的“让美国再次富裕”贸易公告活动中展示图表。
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    最高法院周五裁定,总统唐纳德·特朗普单方面在全球范围内实施全面关税违反了联邦法律,这对白宫在其外交政策和经济议程核心问题上是一次重大失利。

    这一裁决可说是特朗普第二届政府在保守派主导的最高法院遭遇的最重要失利。去年,最高法院在一系列关于移民、解雇独立机构领导人及大幅削减政府开支的紧急裁决中多次支持总统。

    首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨撰写了多数意见,法院以6:3的投票结果裁定关税超出法律权限。然而,法院未说明已征收的超过1300亿美元关税应如何处理。

    “总统声称拥有单方面无限额、无限期、无范围地征收关税的非凡权力,”罗伯茨代表法院写道,“鉴于该主张权力的广度、历史和宪法背景,他必须指明明确的国会授权才能行使此权力。”

    法院表示,特朗普试图依赖的紧急权力“不足”。

    大法官艾米·科尼·巴雷特和尼尔·戈萨奇与罗伯茨及三位自由派大法官共同组成多数派。克拉伦斯·托马斯、塞缪尔·阿利托和布雷特·卡瓦诺大法官持异议。

    在其意见中,罗伯茨驳斥了政府关于总统有权使用关税调节商业的论点。这一问题在去年的口头辩论中出现,特朗普称总统拥有颁布关税的固有权力。

    “当国会授予征收关税的权力时,会明确规定并加以严格限制,”罗伯茨写道,“但此次国会并未如此。”

    “我们在经济或外交事务方面并无特殊专长,”罗伯茨继续写道,“我们仅拥有宪法第三条赋予我们的有限角色。履行这一角色,我们认为《国际紧急经济权力法》(IEEPA)并未授权总统征收关税。”

    退款问题尚无明确结论


    6:3的多数派未明确回答如何处理政府已通过特朗普关税征收的资金这一具体实际问题。

    根据美国海关与边境保护局(CBP)的数据及该局向美国国际贸易法院提交的最新文件,截至12月14日,联邦政府已从超过301,000家不同进口商的受挑战关税中征收1340亿美元收入。

    这一问题可能需要下级法院进一步解决。

    异议意见中,布雷特·卡瓦诺大法官指出,法院“今日未就政府是否以及如何返还从进口商处征收的数十亿美元款项作出任何决定”。

    退款问题在本案中至关重要,特朗普政府官员称潜在退款可能对美国经济造成毁灭性后果。

    “这一过程可能会‘一团糟’,”卡瓦诺写道。

    美国经济近年最重要案件


    此案是近年来涉及美国经济的最重要案件,挑战了特朗普“解放日”关税及对中国、墨西哥和加拿大进口商品征收的关税合法性。争议焦点是政府已征收的数十亿美元收入。

    所谓“互惠”关税对关键贸易伙伴(包括印度和巴西)的关税高达50%,对中国的关税高达145%(2025年数据)。

    特朗普及其司法部官员将争议表述为国家存亡问题,称“有了关税,我们是富裕国家;没有关税,我们是贫穷国家”。而挑战这些关税的小企业群体警告称,特朗普的立场代表着“令人震惊的权力主张”——在无国会监督情况下擅自征税。

    特朗普援引的是1970年代的《国际紧急经济权力法》(IEEPA),该法允许总统在紧急状态下“管制进口”。政府辩称“关税”一词明确包含在法律中,但小企业指出该法从未出现“tariff”(关税)或“duty”(税)字样。

    这为最高法院提出了一系列难题。此前,法院在涉及拜登政府争议性政策的案件中多次裁定:行政部门未经国会明确授权不得单方面采取行动,尤其在涉及“重大”政治或经济问题时。

    例如,2023年,保守派多数派依据“重大问题原则”阻止拜登的学生贷款减免计划;2022年,法院叫停拜登针对8400万美国人的疫苗和检测要求,认定国会从未明确授权政府在新冠疫情期间实施此类措施。甚至一些保守派大法官也表示,同样的逻辑应适用于特朗普的关税政策。

    特朗普提出多项反驳理由,最主要的是称关税涉及外交事务,法院传统上对行政部门持尊重态度。

    总统另有更明确的关税征收权力(无需国会参与),但均附有时间限制等条件,这使得特朗普难以推行“时而提高时而降低贸易壁垒”的谈判策略。

    例如,法律另一条款明确允许总统提高关税,但最高仅15%且期限不超过150天;另一授权允许总统出于国家安全原因征收更高关税,但仅针对特定行业且需商务部调查。

    所有审查特朗普紧急关税的下级法院均认定其违反联邦法律,但理由各异:

    • 在纽约葡萄酒进口商V.O.S. Selections案中,美国国际贸易法院5月裁定IEEPA未授权特朗普的紧急关税,后经华盛顿特区上诉法院确认。
    • 伊利诺伊州教育玩具公司Learning Resources在华盛顿联邦地区法院起诉,同样败诉,案件直接跳级至最高法院,未经过DC巡回法院审理。

    两案均暂停判决执行,允许政府在上诉期间继续征收关税。

    最高法院辩论关键细节


    11月5日的口头辩论中,三位自由派大法官似乎倾向于支持小企业。保守派多数派大法官发出混合信号,罗伯茨和艾米·科尼·巴雷特大法官向双方提出尖锐问题。

    争议焦点之一是:若法院裁定特朗普政府越权,所有企业是否有权获得关税退款。

    进口商(包括好市多)请求初步禁令以阻止CBP完成关税清算(即最终付款确认程序),称未清算状态是未来退款的必要前提。但该请求被驳回。

    三法官小组解释称,判决依据是政府承诺即使在清算完成后仍可能退还IEEPA关税款项,尽管这一过程可能“耗时费力”。

    本报道持续更新中

    (注:原文最后一段“This story is breaking and will be updated.”为新闻更新提示,保留格式)

    Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal

    Published Feb 20, 2026, 10:03 AM ET / Updated Feb 20, 2026, 10:25 AM ET / Source: CNN

    By [John Fritze]

    President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC.

    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the president’s foreign policy and economic agenda.

    The decision is arguably the most important loss the second Trump administration has sustained at the conservative Supreme Court, which last year repeatedly sided with the president in a series of emergency rulings on immigration, the firing of the leaders of independent agencies and deep cuts to government spending.

    Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion and the court agreed 6-3 that the tariffs exceeded the law. The court, however, did not say what should happen to the more than $130 billion in tariffs that has already been collected.

    “The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope,” Roberts wrote for the court. “In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it.”

    The emergency authority Trump attempted to rely on, the court said, “falls short.”

    Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch joined with Roberts and the three liberal justices in the majority. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

    In his opinion, Roberts brushed aside an argument from the administration that the president had power to use tariffs to regulate commerce. That was an issue that came up during the oral arguments last year as Trump suggested the president had inherent authority to issue the tariffs.

    “When Congress grants the power to impose tariffs, it does so clearly and with careful constraints,” Roberts wrote. “It did neither here.”

    “We claim no special competence in matters of economics or foreign affairs,” Roberts wrote. “We claim only, as we must, the limited role assigned to us by Article III of the Constitution. Fulfilling that role, we hold that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.”

    No clarity on returning money


    The 6-3 majority offered no clarity on the specific practical question of what to do with the money the administration has already collected through Trump’s tariffs.

    As of December 14, the federal government has collected $134 billion in revenue from the tariffs being challenged from over 301,000 different importers, according to United States Customs and Border Protection data as well as a recent filing submitted by the agency to the US Court of International Trade.

    That question will likely need to be sorted out by lower courts.

    In his dissent, Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that the court said “nothing today about whether, and if so how, the government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers.”

    The issue of refunds has loomed large over the case, with Trump administration officials saying that potential repayments could have devastating consequences for the US economy.

    “That process is likely to be a ‘mess,’” Kavanaugh wrote.

    Most significant case on US economy in years


    The case was the most significant involving the American economy to reach the Supreme Court in years, challenging the legality of Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, as well as duties he imposed on imports from China, Mexico and Canada. At stake were tens of billions of dollars in revenue the government has already collected.

    The so-called “reciprocal” tariffs raised duties as high as 50% on key trading partners, including India and Brazil, and as high as 145% on China in 2025.

    Trump and Justice Department officials framed the dispute in existential terms for the country, telling the justices that “with tariffs, we are a rich nation” but that without them, “we are a poor nation.” A group of small businesses who challenged the duties similarly warned that Trump’s position represented a “breathtaking assertion of power” to effectively levy a tax without oversight from Congress.

    Trump has relied on a 1970s-era emergency law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to levy the import duties at issue in the case. That law allows a president to “regulate … importation” during emergencies. The administration argued the word plainly includes the power to impose tariffs, but the businesses noted that the words “tariff” or “duty” never appear in the law.

    That raised a series of difficult questions for the Supreme Court itself, which in case after case involving controversial policies from President Joe Biden, ruled that an administration cannot take certain executive actions unilaterally without explicit authorization from Congress. That is particularly true, the court repeatedly ruled, when policies involve “major” political or economic questions.

    In 2023, for instance, the conservative majority relied on the “major questions doctrine” to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. A year earlier, the court stopped Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement for 84 million Americans, concluding that Congress never explicitly gave the government the power to demand those measures during the Covid-19 pandemic. Even some conservatives said the same logic should apply when it came to Trump’s tariffs.

    Trump offered several counter arguments, most notably that the tariffs implicate foreign affairs, where courts have traditionally deferred to the executive branch.

    The president has other – more established authorities – to levy tariffs without input from Congress. But each of those come with strings attached, such as time limits, that would make it harder for Trump to pursue his on-again-off-again strategy of raising and then lowering barriers as a negotiating tactic.

    Another provision of law, for instance, clearly allows a president to raise tariffs — but only up to 15% for a maximum of 150 days. Another authority gives the president the power to impose higher tariffs for national security reasons. It can only be used to target specific industries and requires an investigation by the Commerce Department.

    Every lower court that has reviewed Trump’s emergency tariffs found they violated federal law, though for different reasons. In one case, led by a New York-based wine importer called V.O.S. Selections, the US Court of International Trade concluded in May that IEEPA didn’t authorize Trump’s emergency duties. That decision was affirmed months later by an appeals court in Washington, DC.

    In a separate case, an Illinois-based educational toy company, Learning Resources, sued in a federal district court in Washington, which also ruled against Trump. The case quickly went to the Supreme Court, leapfrogging the DC Circuit.

    The courts in both cases put their rulings on hold temporarily, allowing the administration to continue to collect the tariffs while the appeals played out.

    During oral arguments at the Supreme Court on November 5, the court’s three liberal justices appeared prepared to side with the businesses. Several members of the court’s conservative supermajority gave mixed signals of how they may ultimately rule, with Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett asking difficult questions of both the businesses and the Trump administration.

    A significant question looming over the arguments was whether all businesses would be entitled to tariff payment refunds if the justices rule against the Trump administration’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs.

    The filing was in response to a group of importers, including Costco, requesting a preliminary injunction to prevent CBP from finalizing their tariff payments, a process formally known as liquidation. The importers argued that it was imperative for their payments to be unliquidated to get refunds down the road. Their request for a preliminary injunction was denied, however.

    The three-panel judge explained that their verdict was supported by the administration’s promise to refund IEEPA tariff payments, if it came down to it, even if entries were liquidated. However, the administration has stated that it would likely be a laborious process.

    This story is breaking and will be updated.

  • 特朗普称正”考虑”对伊朗发动有限军事打击以施压其达成核协议


    发布于2026年2月20日 美国东部时间上午10:45 / 福克斯新闻

    美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周五表示,他正在”考虑”对伊朗发动有限军事打击,以迫使伊朗领导人就其核计划达成协议。

    “我想我可以说,我正在考虑这一点,”特朗普在白宫与州长们共进早餐时表示。

    (伊万·瓦西/美联社照片)

    这是一篇持续更新的报道。请随时查看最新动态。

    格雷格·诺曼是福克斯新闻数字版记者。


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    Trump says he is ‘considering’ a limited military strike to pressure Iran into nuclear deal

    Published February 20, 2026 10:45am EST / Fox News

    President Donald Trump said Friday he is “considering” a limited military strike on Iran to pressure its leaders into a deal over its nuclear program.

    “I guess I can say, I am considering that,” Trump said at a breakfast with governors at the White House.

    President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering a limited strike on Iran.(Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

    This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

    Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

  • 受政府停摆拖累 美国第四季度GDP仅增1.4% | 联合早报


    发布/2026年2月20日 23:53

    受政府停摆拖累 美国第四季度GDP仅增1.4%

    美国上个季度国内生产总值按年率计算增长1.4%,低于预期。图为纽约时报广场的人潮。 (法新社)

    受去年政府停摆影响以及消费者支出放缓,美国第四季度经济增长增速低于预期,但减税和人工智能投资预计将支撑今年的经济活动。

    美国商务部经济分析局星期五(2月20日)发布的第四季度国内生产总值(GDP)初步数据显示,上个季度国内生产总值(GDP)按年率计算增长1.4%,不及预期的增长2.8%。路透社调查的经济师此前预测GDP增速为3.0%。

    美国第三季度实际GDP增长4.4%,2025年全年经济增长2.2%。无党派的国会预算办公室(CBO)估计,由于联邦雇员提供的服务减少、联邦政府在商品和服务上的支出下降以及补充营养援助计划(SNAP)福利的暂时削减,政府停摆将使第四季度GDP增速下降1.5个百分点。

    国会预算办公室预测,大部分损失的产出最终将会恢复,但仍有70亿至140亿美元(88.79亿至177.57亿新元)的损失无法弥补。

    在报告发布前,美国总统特朗普发声批评停摆并施压降息,他在其社交媒体真相社交上发帖称:“政府停摆至少使美国GDP下降了两个百分点。这就是为什么他们要以小规模再次停摆的原因。不要再停摆了!还有,降低利率!”

    这份因创纪录的43天政府停摆而推迟发布的报告,强调了经济扩张中就业岗位的缺失,以及“K型”经济模式——高收入家庭生活优渥,而低收入消费者则在进口关税导致的高通胀和工资增长停滞的双重压力下苦苦挣扎。

    这些状况造成了经济学者和特朗普反对者所称的“负担能力危机”。去年仅新增18.1万个就业岗位,是自2009年大衰退以来疫情之外的最低水平,远低于2024年的145.9万个。

    受政府停摆拖累 美国第四季度GDP仅增1.4% | 联合早报

    发布/2026年2月20日 23:53

    受政府停摆拖累 美国第四季度GDP仅增1.4%

    美国上个季度国内生产总值按年率计算增长1.4%,低于预期。图为纽约时报广场的人潮。 (法新社)

    受去年政府停摆影响以及消费者支出放缓,美国第四季度经济增长增速低于预期,但减税和人工智能投资预计将支撑今年的经济活动。

    美国商务部经济分析局星期五(2月20日)发布的第四季度国内生产总值(GDP)初步数据显示,上个季度国内生产总值(GDP)按年率计算增长1.4%,不及预期的增长2.8%。路透社调查的经济师此前预测GDP增速为3.0%。

    美国第三季度实际GDP增长4.4%,2025年全年经济增长2.2%。无党派的国会预算办公室(CBO)估计,由于联邦雇员提供的服务减少、联邦政府在商品和服务上的支出下降以及补充营养援助计划(SNAP)福利的暂时削减,政府停摆将使第四季度GDP增速下降1.5个百分点。

    国会预算办公室预测,大部分损失的产出最终将会恢复,但仍有70亿至140亿美元(88.79亿至177.57亿新元)的损失无法弥补。

    在报告发布前,美国总统特朗普发声批评停摆并施压降息,他在其社交媒体真相社交上发帖称:“政府停摆至少使美国GDP下降了两个百分点。这就是为什么他们要以小规模再次停摆的原因。不要再停摆了!还有,降低利率!”

    这份因创纪录的43天政府停摆而推迟发布的报告,强调了经济扩张中就业岗位的缺失,以及“K型”经济模式——高收入家庭生活优渥,而低收入消费者则在进口关税导致的高通胀和工资增长停滞的双重压力下苦苦挣扎。

    这些状况造成了经济学者和特朗普反对者所称的“负担能力危机”。去年仅新增18.1万个就业岗位,是自2009年大衰退以来疫情之外的最低水平,远低于2024年的145.9万个。

  • 最高法院裁定特朗普大部分关税非法,对其经济议程造成重大打击


    2026年2月20日 / 美国东部时间上午10:25 / CBS新闻

    华盛顿—— 周五,美国最高法院裁定,总统特朗普无权根据联邦紧急状态权力法单方面对几乎所有国家征收大规模关税,这对总统标志性的经济政策造成了重大打击。

    最高法院裁定,《国际紧急经济权力法》(IEEPA)并未授权总统征收关税。最高法院以6比3的投票结果作出裁决,首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨代表法院宣读了意见。大法官布雷特·卡瓦诺、克拉伦斯·托马斯和塞缪尔·阿利托持异议。

    罗伯茨写道:“《国际紧急经济权力法》中没有提及关税或关税。政府没有指出任何一部法律中,国会使用‘管制’一词来授权征税。直到现在,也没有任何一位总统将《国际紧急经济权力法》解读为赋予此类权力。”“我们在经济或外交事务方面并无特殊专长。我们唯一的立场,也是我们必须秉持的立场,是宪法第三条赋予我们的有限角色。履行这一角色,我们认定《国际紧急经济权力法》并未授权总统征收关税。”

    法院维持了美国联邦巡回上诉法院的一项裁决,该裁决认定特朗普总统的关税非法。

    围绕特朗普关税的法律之争,是最高法院首次评估其第二届任期政策的法律是非曲直。在法律程序推进期间,最高法院允许总统暂时执行许多计划,但此次裁定其全球关税非法,是他第二届任期内迄今为止最重大的一次失利。

    特朗普的关税

    尽管此次裁决限制了总统使用《国际紧急经济权力法》制定大规模关税的能力,但并未阻止他根据其他贸易授权征收关税。特朗普总统已依靠其他法律对铜、钢铁、铝及其他产品的进口征税。

    关税是特朗普第二届任期经济议程的核心内容。总统利用征税威胁推动贸易伙伴谈判对美国更有利的贸易协定,并声称这些措施将促进国内制造业发展。

    特朗普在裁决前声称,由于关税,“我们的国家在财政上,以及从国家安全角度来看,比以往任何时候都要强大得多,也更受尊重。”他还警告称,不利的裁决将迫使美国向进口商偿还巨额资金,“这将是一场彻底的混乱,我们的国家几乎不可能支付得起。”

    周五上午,白宫记者等待进入总统与各州州长的会议,但裁决结果公布后不久,他们就被送回了新闻发布区。此次裁决发生在总统首次国情咨文演讲前四天,预计他将在演讲中吹嘘其第一年的主要成就。

    最高法院审理的争议涉及总统去年通过一系列行政命令推出的两组关税。特朗普援引《国际紧急经济权力法》的紧急权力实施这些关税,称这是应对“持续存在的巨额贸易逆差”以及阻止非法芬太尼和其他毒品流入美国的必要措施。《国际紧急经济权力法》此前从未被用于征收关税。

    第一组关税对几乎所有美国贸易伙伴设定了10%的初始基准税率,并对数十个国家征收更高的互惠税率。第二组关税针对中国、加拿大和墨西哥。

    《国际紧急经济权力法》授权总统“管制……进口”以应对对国家安全、外交政策或美国经济的“任何异常和非凡威胁”。特朗普辩称,贸易不平衡和流入该国的芬太尼构成了此类威胁。

    总统于去年2月和4月(他称之为“解放日”)宣布了进口税。此后,政府宣布与十多个国家和欧盟达成框架贸易协定,并表示正在与许多其他国家进行谈判。

    两组小企业和12个州在两个不同的法院提起诉讼,认为《国际紧急经济权力法》不授权特朗普征收大规模关税。此后,三个下级法院裁定,总统无权根据《国际紧急经济权力法》单方面征收全球和与贩运相关的关税。

    尽管下级法院失利,特朗普政府在诉讼移至最高法院期间仍继续收取进口税。总统还继续利用《国际紧急经济权力法》征收新关税或调整现有税率,包括对巴西某些商品征收40%的关税(尽管其中一些后来被取消),以及对印度进口商品征收25%的关税,以惩罚其进口俄罗斯石油。

    财政部数据显示,2025财年美国关税收入达1950亿美元,1月份为280亿美元。

    全国数十家企业提起诉讼,质疑这些关税的合法性。好市多(Costco)、Crocs和露华浓(Revlon)等大公司已诉诸法院,称它们正在寻求退还因总统政策而缴纳的进口关税全额退款。

    特朗普和政府官员坚持认为,外国生产商承担了大部分关税。但纽约联邦储备银行本月早些时候发布的分析显示,去年近90%的关税负担落在了美国企业和消费者身上。纽约联邦储备银行发现,美国平均进口税率从2025年的不到3%跃升至13%。

    凯瑟琳·沃森对本报道有贡献。

    Supreme Court rules most of Trump tariffs illegal in major setback for economic agenda

    February 20, 2026 / 10:25 AM EST / CBS News

    Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled President Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every country under a federal emergency powers law, delivering a significant blow to the president’s signature economic policy.

    The high court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, does not authorize the president to impose tariffs. The Supreme Court divided 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts delivering the opinion for the court. Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.

    “IEEPA contains no reference to tariffs or duties. The Government points to no statute in which Congress used the word ‘regulate’ to authorize taxation. And until now no President has read IEEPA to confer such power,” Roberts wrote. “We claim no special competence in matters of economics or foreign affairs. We claim only, as we must, the limited role assigned to us by Article III of the Constitution. Fulfilling that role, we hold that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.”

    The court upheld a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that ruled Mr. Trump’s tariffs were illegal.

    The legal battle over Mr. Trump’s tariffs marked the first in which the Supreme Court evaluated the legal merits of one of his second-term policies. The high court has allowed the president to enforce many of his plans temporarily while legal proceedings moved forward, but its decision invalidating Mr. Trump’s global tariffs is so far the most significant loss of his second term.

    Trump’s tariffs


    While the ruling restricts the president’s ability to use IEEPA to set his sweeping duties, it does not prevent the president from imposing tariffs under different trade authorities. Mr. Trump has already relied on other laws to slap levies on copper, steel and aluminum imports, as well as other products.

    Tariffs are a centerpiece of Mr. Trump’s economic agenda in his second term. The president has used the threat of levies to push trading partners to negotiate trade deals that are more favorable to the U.S. and has argued that they will help boost domestic manufacturing.

    Mr. Trump claimed ahead of a decision that because of tariffs, “our Country is financially, AND FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY STANDPOINT, FAR STRONGER AND MORE RESPECTED THAN EVER BEFORE.” He also warned that an adverse ruling would force the U.S. to pay back significant sums of money to importers, which would be “a complete mess, and almost impossible for our country to pay.”

    Reporters at the White House were waiting to enter a meeting between the president and the nation’s governors on Friday morning, but were sent back to the press area moments after the decision came down. The ruling comes four days before the president’s first State of the Union address, where he is expected to tout the major accomplishments of his first year.

    The dispute before the Supreme Court involved two sets of duties that the president rolled out through a series of executive orders last year. Mr. Trump invoked IEEPA’s emergency powers to impose the tariffs, which he said were necessary to respond to “large and persistent” trade deficits and to stem the flow of illicit fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. IEEPA had not been previously used to impose tariffs.

    The first set of tariffs set an initial baseline rate of 10% on nearly every U.S. trading partner, as well as higher reciprocal rates on dozens of countries. The second tranche of levies targeted China, Canada and Mexico.

    IEEPA authorizes the president to “regulate … importation” to deal with “any unusual and extraordinary threat” to national security, foreign policy or the U.S. economy. Mr. Trump argued that trade imbalances and the fentanyl coming into the country constituted such a threat.

    The president announced the import taxes last February and in April, on what he called “Liberation Day.” Since then, the administration has announced framework trade agreements with more than a dozen countries and the European Union, and has said it is negotiating with many other nations.

    Two sets of small businesses and a group of 12 states filed lawsuits in two different courts arguing that IEEPA doesn’t authorize Mr. Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Three lower courts have since ruled that the president did not have the power to unilaterally impose the global and trafficking-related tariffs under IEEPA.

    Despite the losses in the lower courts, the Trump administration has kept collecting the import taxes as the court fight moved to the Supreme Court. The president has also continued to turn to IEEPA to impose new tariffs or change existing rates, including hitting Brazil with 40% tariffs on certain goods, though some have since been removed, and imposing 25% levies on imports from India as punishment for importing Russian oil.

    The U.S. generated $195 billion in tariff revenue in fiscal year 2025, according to the Treasury Department, and $28 billion in January.

    Scores of businesses from across the country have filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the duties. Major companies like Costco, Crocs and Revlon that have turned to the courts and have said they are seeking full refunds of the levies they’ve paid on imports as a result of the president’s policies.

    Mr. Trump and administration officials have maintained that foreign producers pay most of the tariffs. But an analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released earlier this month found that nearly 90% of tariffs’ burden fell on U.S. companies and consumers last year. The New York Fed found that the average U.S. levy on imports jumped from less than 3% to 13% in 2025.

    Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.