What’s Next for Trump’s Trade Agenda After the Supreme Court’s Rebuke

Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 1PM ET

The Supreme Court’s Feb. 20 decision curbing President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs under emergency powers has thrown a new layer of uncertainty into U.S. trade policy. The ruling invalidated his most sweeping levies on imports from dozens of countries and raised fresh questions about how far the White House can go in using trade tools without Congress.

Now policymakers, businesses and foreign governments are scrambling to understand how the ruling will reshape the administration’s economic agenda. Companies are weighing whether they can reclaim billions of dollars in duties already paid, while the administration looks for other legal pathways to keep pressure on trading partners. At the same time, lawmakers are debating whether Congress should reclaim a larger role in setting tariff policy.

Please join POLITICO on Thursday, March 5 at 1pm ET, for a discussion examining the legal and political fallout from the ruling. How could the decision reshape the balance of power over trade policy in Washington? What should businesses expect as the next wave of challenges unfolds? And how might the administration, Congress and political candidates respond to the policy debate as the midterms approach?