The protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 was signed into US law by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930. Hoover, Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley were all republicans.
The GOP lost the Congress for 50 years after that madness. https://t.co/i0lBrEB0Bi— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) April 9, 2025
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