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Trump says Oregon congressman tried ‘to save our country’ with tariffs in 1930, ‘but it was too late’
President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, even as many economists warned that the levies would ...
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President Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. What history tells us
President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff ... largely because of his business acumen. An international mining engineer, financier and humanitarian, he took office in 1929 like ...
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Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different
President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff ... largely because of his business acumen. An international mining engineer, financier and humanitarian, he took office in 1929 like ...