Trump is operating under the illusion that other nations are becoming wealthy on the backs of American trade deficits. It's a ...

The Tariff Act of 1890 raised taxes to 49.5% on 1,500-plus items. Championing the move was the “Napoleon of Protectionism,” ...

"We had not ended tariffs before the Great Depression," he said ... businesses may pull back on investments until they have a ...

Many people today are unfamiliar with the term “Great Depres­sion” and the profound signifi­cance it holds in global history. The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s, ...

Tariffs now rival those of the storied Smoot-Hawley Act that prompted massive retaliations and a global trade war in the ...

Trump's new tariffs exceed levels following the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, risking global retaliation and economic slowdown.

President Trump's tariff campaign has sparked new interest in an iconic scene from a great film about 1980s Chicago.

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and ...