Tariffs are neither a panacea nor necessarily injurious. Their effectiveness, like that of any economic policy intervention, ...

A Republican president-elect pledges support for expansive tariffs as a means of protecting U.S. businesses and hamstringing global competitors. That description may conjure up former President Donald ...

Within months of the stock market crash, Hoover signed into law the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, a 1930 measure that increased tariffs for a broad swathe of imported goods. In response, several ...

With broad new tariffs promised, we look back at the most infamous case of broad tariffs in U.S. history — the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. It did not end well.

A tariff is essentially a tax placed on goods at they cross national borders. For example, such goods as washing machines, ...

John Howard and Peter Costello have attacked Donald Trump’s plan to levy a tariff of 10 to 20 per cent on goods imports to ...

A Republican president-elect pledges support for expansive tariffs as a means of protecting U.S. businesses and hamstringing global competitors. That description may conjure up former President ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF") STEIN: (As Economics Teacher) The tariff bill, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, which - anyone? - raised or lowered - raised tariffs. MALONE: But that ...