Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different

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Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different

Tuesday 8th April 2025, 4:02AM

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 manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs

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