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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Regional Editors and Broadcasters

… the Great Depression, which I do. I was looking for my first job in 1932. The Smoot-Hawley tariff was passed, a great protectionist measure. It spread the Depression worldwide; it … More than a thousand economists appealed to Herbert Hoover to veto the Smoot-Hawley tariff. But there was a classic example of protectionism, overall protectionism, and its result. …

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Remarks at the Ford Claycomo Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Missouri

… due to what somebody thought might be an answer to our Depression problems, the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill, which literally destroyed free trade worldwide and perpetuated the Depression at …

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Proclamation 5164 -- Import Fees on Certain Sugars, Sirups and Molasses

… to me, I find and declare that: (a) Sugars classified under items 155.20 and 155.30 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202) are being or are practically …

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Remarks at a Republican Campaign Rally in Bowling Green, Ohio

… was the Republican Party then that believed in protectionism and foisted off the Smoot-Hawley tariff that made the Depression so great. But Roosevelt's platform that he ran on in '32 was to …

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Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion With Export Trade Industry Representatives in Tacoma, Washington

… plants and assembly plants -- than there were back in 1980. We're pushing hard for tariff cuts and to lower nontariff trade barriers. And by the way, George, I know, as we've … When there was talk, also, of protectionism and what its faults can be -- that Smoot-Hawley tariff back in the Great Depression when I was looking for my first job, I remember the effect of …

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The President's News Conference

… will be a one-way trip to economic disaster. That's the lesson of the Smoot-Hawley tariff in 1930, which helped to trigger a worldwide trade war that spread, deepened, and … to see who lost their job because of protectionism. We do know the history of the Smoot-Hawley tariff and what it did. There were over a thousand economists that sought the President out at … 2 years now, I have been begging our allies and trading partners in the GATT, the general tariff program, to join with us in another round of trade talks to again eliminate whatever …

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Remarks to the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers

… not seek false security behind restrictive quotas and import duties. Nations that hide behind tariff walls soon fall behind. America's destiny is not to be second or third or fourth in the …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan October 1984

… at a Meeting With Reagan-Bush Campaign Leadership Groups Remarks on Signing the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 Statement by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on Food Assistance to …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Council

… rules for trade in intellectual property, investment, services, and the lowering of tariff and nontariff trade barriers. Those talks were scheduled to go for 4 years. They are now …

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Written Responses to Questions Submitted by Southeast Asian News Organizations

… it is important that all our major trading partners take immediate action to further reduce tariff and nontariff barriers. They also should join us in making every effort to ensure the …

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