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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan November 1988

… of Conduct November 19, 1988 Proclamation 5911 -- To Implement Changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Radio Address to the Nation on the Celebration of …

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Members of Business Partners

… and said we had to make things right. So, among the things they did was the Smoot-Hawley tariff, which just made the Depression worldwide -- a protectionist measure. But then our …

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Interview With Foreign Journalists

… GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] round of talks to see how we can improve that tariff arrangement. And I think very definitely we will be talking about terrorism and how we … in the Great Depression -- and some in our country here thought that a great protective tariff was the answer to our Depression. So, a thing called -- for the two authors of it -- the Smoot-Hawley tariff was put into effect. And it spread the Depression worldwide. And we never want to make …

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Proclamations, May 17, 1985 (05/17/1985)

… the United States of America, do hereby proclaim as follows: A. Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended by: (1) inserting in the superior heading for …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada

… both sides of the border have worked for: an agreement created to drastically reduce trade and tariff barriers between our two great nations. We shall show by deed and dedication, after the …

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Executive Order 12608 -- Elimination of Unnecessary Executive Orders and Technical Amendments to Others

… certain employees to be given career or career conditional appointments 11377 Providing for Tariff Commission reports regarding the estimated consumption of certain brooms 11911 Providing …

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report on the State of Small Business

… approval of the agreement with Canada and success in other negotiations will reduce tariff and other barriers to American products and expand opportunities for our service and …

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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 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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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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