Hawley Tariff Act.

The tariff strategy—announced by former President Donald Trump—is expected to impose levies ranging from 10% to 70% on goods ...

Tariffs have been a part of the American fabric since 1789. President Trump has placed tariffs at the center of todays debate ...

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell stated over the past few months that interest rates should not be lowered, as ...

A constitutional law professor representing a pro-Trump think tank believes the Tariff Act of 1930, otherwise known as the ...

The Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, a Depression-era tariff signed into law by then-President Herbert Hoover, continues to be invoked in conversations surrounding Trump’s tariff plan, as the on-again ...

Signed into law in June 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act sharply raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to protect American farmers and manufacturers during the early days of the Great ...

The Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, ... The policy raised U.S. import tariff rates, which were already high, in an attempt to guard American businesses and farmers from foreign competition.

But the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act — named after its Republican authors, Sen. Reed Smoot of Utah and Rep. Willis C. Hawley of Oregon — became law on June 17, 1930, when Hoover signed the bill.

President Trump seems to have taken his cues from the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. And boy did that one go over well! Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...