The original Smoot-Hawley language that Rubenfeld cites was in section 338 (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 [19 U.S.C. §1338 (d)], which granted the President this broad tariff power if a foreign ...

China retaliated and was hit by a massive 104% tariff. The average Trump tariff rate is 23% – higher than the previous record high tariff under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.

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 ...

President Donald Trump is either blissfully unaware or simply doesn’t care that the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, signed into law by President Herbert Hoover, drove the nation ever ...

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting five daily declines of 500 points or more so far in April, it was only a matter of time before headlines began to appear recapping past stock market ...

Despite being diagnosed in the colonies in the 1720's and the French defining a definition for it in the 1800's, it simply did not exist in RFK-brain-damage, so Trump is definitely NOT Autistic.

The WSJ board this month is prattling on about the invincible relevance of the hundred-year-old Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act disappointment, and attacking its own, including Senate GOP leadership ...

This video explores the history of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, examining its devastating impact on the global economy during the Great Depression.

Trump declared that each nation’s tariff was based on “the combined rate of all their tariffs, non-monetary barriers and other forms of cheating.” Last Friday, Trump announced that he had spoken with ...

The controversial Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930 raised tariffs on a wide range of imports by an average of 20%, which prompted retaliatory tariffs from many other countries and significantly ...