it’s easy to see why students might fail to understand the significance. However, politically speaking, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act proved one of the major turning points in our American history.

The Old South hated the tariff—but could it have been a “cause” of the civil war, given how the North rammed protective tariffs through Congress in 1861 and so often in years prior?

NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A fresh look at the pace of inflation will test the U.S. stock market in the coming week, as investors worry that President Donald Trump's tariff plans are endangering ...

Tuesday: Critics of the Tariff of 1828 called it the “Tariff of Abominations”. Resistance to it contributed to the nullification crisis of 1832. Wednesday: The Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act ...

By Nikita Richardson “Tariff” is the word of the week. On Tuesday the Trump administration initiated a 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods, and steeper tariffs are set to take effect next month ...

HONG KONG — China retaliated immediately Tuesday as a 10% U.S. tariff on all Chinese goods went into effect, announcing a series of measures including its own levies of 10% to 15% on some U.S ...

1:56 City of Calgary preparing for possibility of tariff impacts on operations Despite an announced 30-day pause on tariffs imposed by the United States, the City of Calgary is exploring potential ...

Peter Navarro, a senior trade aide to President Trump, said those who are critical of the president’s tariffs are “dishonoring” the people who have died from fentanyl overdose. Navarro ...

But my question to all of us is, “Were they tariffs at all?” Traditionally, a tariff, remember, is a policy that a government uses to prop up an anemic industry, at least an industry that can ...

Image Source : AP Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump In a sharp rebuke, China’s Ministry of Commerce on ...

Previously, a senior Canadian governmental official had said Trump’s 25 per cent tariff on most Canadian goods was expected to come into effect on Feb. 4. If implemented, this tariff will have ...

Art dealers are bracing for the impact of President Trump's threatened tariffs against the United Kingdom and the European ...