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 ...