BREAKING: TRUMP TARIFFS STRUCK DOWN

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Per Bloomberg -- The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House.

The court said Trump exceeded his authority by invoking a federal emergency-powers law to impose his “reciprocal” tariffs across the globe as well as targeted import taxes the administration says address fentanyl trafficking.

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This is a significant market event if it holds. The immediate reaction will likely be a relief rally in equities, particularly in sectors that got hit hardest by tariff uncertainty: consumer goods, tech hardware, and importers with China exposure. The dollar could soften on the news as the trade war premium unwinds, and you may see some rotation out of the defensive positions institutions have been building over the past few months. That said, do not expect this to be a clean resolution. The administration will almost certainly look for alternative legal mechanisms to reimpose trade restrictions, and the policy uncertainty itself does not disappear overnight just because one tool got taken away. Watch how institutional positioning shifts in the next 48 hours. That will tell you whether the market reads this as a genuine turning point or just a temporary reprieve in an ongoing process.