The tariffs under the act, excluding duty-free imports, were the second highest in United States history, exceeded by only ...

“If the tariff plans are implemented ... Trump pledged 60% tariffs on China and as much as 20% on everyone else — the biggest ...

There have been warnings that the US tariff hikes could rival those of the infamous Smoot-Hawley measures of the 1930s which ...

Tariffs are coming, but Robert Lighthizer, the trade representative in the first Trump administration, has told associates ...

As the US approaches a crucial election, Donald Trump’s radical economic policies, including his self-proclaimed ‘Tariff Man’ ...

For example, Congress passed a sweeping range of tariff hikes, some as high as 60%, after the stock market crash of 1929 under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to protect the farming industry.

Not since US senators Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley, has anyone loved tariffs more than Trump, even self-identifying as "Tariff Man". Speaking at a round-table with voters in Auburn Hills ...

Of particular concern are Trump’s proposed tariff policies. Historical precedents for tariffs have consistently demonstrated their problematic nature. The Smoot-Hawley Act during the Great Depression, ...

The stock market crashed in 1929. In 1930, the president signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. Over 1,000 economists signed a petition against the Tariff Act, but it passed and was signed ...

The election is over. So where are we? The calendar says we’re in 2024. But the history books say 1924, give or take a few years. Under the Johnson-Reed Act, aka the Immigration Act of 1924, ...