Trade Wars: A Look at the Smoot-Hawley Tariff | World101

The 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which raised U.S. tariffs on twenty thousand imported goods, was framed as a piece of domestic legislation. But when it affected producers in Canada, Cuba, Europe, and elsewhere, it set off an international trade war, underlining the connection between global trade and international relations. To learn more about Trade and its effects on the global economy and its systems, visit our Trade module: world101.cfr.o...
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