New Trump tariffs bring in less money than illegal tariffs
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- The White House has found new legal avenues to keep tariffs flowing after the Supreme Court struck down the previous import taxes
- The administration's replacement tariffs are projected to generate about $105 billion in annual revenue
- The $105B figure replaces roughly 60% of the revenue from the Court-struck-down tariffs, leaving the rest uncovered
- The Supreme Court ruling eliminated the prior import taxes, forcing the administration to rebuild its tariff regime through new legal mechanisms
Why it matters: With replacement tariffs generating $105 billion — only 60% of what the struck-down taxes raised — the federal government faces a roughly 40% revenue shortfall that the administration's new legal avenues haven't closed.
