The Journalist's Resource and Econofact recently hosted a webinar on covering tariffs. Watch the recording and read key ...

Among the most infamous examples is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which exacerbated an already ... faced even harsher conditions as foreign markets closed. The ripple effects of these policies ...

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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 kneecapped America's ability to escape the Great Depression, and today's trade wars look ...

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Like our predecessors in 1930, we oppose the use of tariffs as a general tool for economic policy.

implemented policy. This week’s chart highlights the weighted average U.S. tariff rate going back to 1920. Notice the Smoot-Hawley Act (1930) marked the peak of U.S. tariffs (~20 per cent ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has called for dialogue and restraint in response to tariff threats ... the 1930s Smoot-Hawley Act, which worsened ...