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Why are people talking about Smoot-Hawley, the Great Depression-era tariff plan?

Tariff critics have shared on social media a November 1988 video clip of President Ronald Reagan calling Smoot-Hawley "a disaster for the working men and women of this country."

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What is Smoot-Hawley? The Depression-era act being compared to Trump's tariffs

One expert is comparing the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the aftermath of a trade policy that deepened the Great Depression.

NorthJersey.com on MSN · 8d

What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930? What to know about retaliatory tariffs

Global markets, US stock market plummeting after Trump tariffs announcement. Here's what to know about retaliatory tariffs and Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

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CHARLES PAYNE: The truth about tariffs and the history lesson many critics are missing

For many years, tariffs were viewed favorably by Americans. But in the 1930s, one act of Congress changed people's minds.

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The last time the US raised tariffs this much it made the Great Depression way worse

Trump's tariff hike mirrors the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which exacerbated the Great Depression and led to a major shift ...

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Ex-Fed bank leader: Trump tariffs dramatically raise risk of ‘Smoot-Hawley type outcome’

Former Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said early Monday that President Trump’s tariffs could risk ...

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Trump says Oregon senator tried ‘to save our country’ with tariffs in 1930, ‘but was too late’

President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, even as many economists warned that the levies would ...

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