Tariff uncertainty here to stay regardless of Supreme Court ruling

Even as small businesses wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on President Donald Trump’s tariff authority, a supply chain expert says uncertainty around import duties will continue.

“Tariff uncertainty is here to stay, regardless of the ruling,” said Matt Lekstutis, director at Efficio, a global supply chain and procurement consultancy.

Trump has made tariffs a central part of his second-term agenda. Last April, Trump imposed import taxes of at least 10% on every U.S. trading partner. Since then, the president has repeatedly suspended and changed tariffs under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

A group of states and small businesses challenged Trump’s tariffs under the 1977 law, winning in two lower courts before the administration appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court agreed to hear the case on an expedited basis.

Lekstutis told The Center Square that the most likely outcome is a narrow procedural ruling from the Supreme Court that would clar...