Navarro confirms White House plan to hike global tariff from 10% to 15% is 'in process

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the Trump administration’s plan to raise the new global tariff from 10% to 15% is still moving forward, describing it as “in process” or “at least” underway. The remark came after President Donald Trump had already signaled he wanted to increase the tariff rate, and it suggested the administration was sticking with the higher level despite market and inflation concerns tied to broader trade-policy uncertainty. The context is a rapidly changing tariff framework after the Supreme Court blocked Trump’s earlier use of emergency powers to impose sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on many countries. In response, the White House moved to rebuild its tariff regime through other legal authorities, including a baseline global tariff that initially started at 10% and could be raised to 15%, with officials indicating that more country-specific tariff actions could also follow. The development matters because it affects import costs, inflation expectations, and the direction of U.S. trade policy at a time when the administration is trying to reassert tariff authority after losing a major legal battle.

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