Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act

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United States federal statute protectionist trade policy tariff law

The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties, widely blamed for worsening international trade tensions and deepening the Great Depression.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tariff Act of 1930 11
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act canonical 8
Smoot–Hawley Tariff 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
protectionist trade policy ⓘ
tariff law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
appliesTo customs duties on imported goods into the United States ⓘ
associatedWith Herbert Hoover administration ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizedFor deepening the Great Depression ⓘ
worsening international trade tensions ⓘ
effect contributed to contraction of world trade ⓘ
increased average U.S. tariff rates to historically high levels ⓘ
provoked retaliatory tariffs by other countries ⓘ
raised U.S. tariffs on many imported goods ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
hasConsequence decline in U.S. exports due to retaliation ⓘ
decline in U.S. imports ⓘ
historicalContext Great Depression ⓘ
implementedDuring Herbert Hoover administration ⓘ
surface form: Herbert Hoover presidency
influenced subsequent U.S. trade policy debates ⓘ
introducedIn United States Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
language English ⓘ
legalStatus amended by later trade legislation ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to protect American farmers ⓘ
desire to protect American manufacturers ⓘ
namedAfter Reed Smoot ⓘ
Willis C. Hawley ⓘ
opposedBy President Herbert Hoover’s economic advisers ⓘ
business groups favoring free trade ⓘ
many economists ⓘ
partOf history of United States trade policy ⓘ
policyType protectionism ⓘ
politicalSupportFrom Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
regionAffected global trade system ⓘ
replaced Fordney–McCumber Tariff ⓘ
shortName Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Smoot–Hawley Tariff
signedBy Herbert Hoover ⓘ
signingDate 1930-06-17 ⓘ
sponsor Reed Smoot ⓘ
Willis C. Hawley ⓘ
subjectMatter customs tariffs ⓘ
import duties ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
usedAsExampleOf dangers of protectionism in economic literature ⓘ
yearEnacted 1930 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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Great Depression → hasKeyEvent → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
Ottawa Agreements → relatedTo → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → shortName → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoot–Hawley Tariff
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → alsoKnownAs → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act → relatedTo → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
Herbert Hoover administration → notableLegislation → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
Fordney–McCumber Tariff → followedBy → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoot–Hawley Tariff
Fordney–McCumber Tariff → followedBy → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
Fordney–McCumber Tariff → repealedBy → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
Reed Smoot → notableWork → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
Reed Smoot → coSponsorOf → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
Reed Smoot → knownFor → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoot–Hawley Tariff
International Trade Commission → legalBasis → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
subject surface form: United States International Trade Commission
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
International Trade Commission → legalAuthority → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
subject surface form: United States International Trade Commission
this entity surface form: Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930
Customs Courts Act of 1980 → relatedTo → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
United States v. One Book Called Ulysses → statuteApplied → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
Willis C. Hawley → notableWork → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
Willis C. Hawley → sponsorOf → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
Uruguay Round Agreements Act → amends → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
United States customs statutes → includes → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
Smoot → notableFor → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Reed Smoot
Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 → partOf → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
Office of the General Counsel → governingLaw → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of the General Counsel (USITC)
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
United States tariff law → primaryStatute → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
United States tariff law → primaryStatute → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ