The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, signed into law in 1930, was a U.S. legislative measure that raised tariffs on over 20,00 ...

Within months of the stock market crash, Hoover signed into law the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, a 1930 measure that increased tariffs for a broad swathe of imported goods. In response, several ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 is blamed for deepening the Great Depression. Don’t tell that to the Trump administration, which just unveiled the toughest tariffs in almost a century.

President Donald Trump should take heed of this and review the impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. This law implemented protectionist tariffs that were the second highest in the history ...

Explore how free trade fuels U.S. innovation and prosperity, while protectionism risks economic setbacks. Read what investors ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The ghosts of Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley have descended on the White House, and the global economy. Smoot, a Republican senator ...

The scene shows a high school economics teacher talking to his uninterested students about the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, a real-life bill signed by President Herbert Hoover in 1930 that increased ...