Anyone who had any doubt that Donald Trump’s love of tariffs is true should take note of his new promise, for Day 1 of his ...

It’s such an early priority, and tariffs are such a clear way to help pay for those tax cuts, that Trump’s former national ...

This was exemplified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947, which sought to lower tariffs and promote ...

In a superficial way, the president most emulated by Donald Trump is Grover Cleveland insofar as Cleveland is the only other ...

The depression worsened for workers and farmers despite Smoot and Hawley's promises of prosperity from high tariffs; consequently, Hawley lost re-nomination, while Smoot was one of 12 Republican ...

For the next four years, this country’s relations with the United States will be difficult on good days and steeped in crisis ...

Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? . . . It did not work and the U.S. sank deeper into the Great Depression.’ ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which raised average tariffs on imports by around 20% and incited a tit-for-tat trade war, was devastatingly effective: global trade fell by two-thirds.

President Donald Trump plans to increase import tariffs by up to 60% on all Chinese imports and maybe 20% on everything else ...

This is how Trump got the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy done in the first place,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said on Fox News ...