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GS2 – International Relations Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act & Trump’s Modern-Day Trade Wars Former US President Donald Trump’s reintroduction of aggressive tariff measures in 2025 has drawn parallels with the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of the Great Depression era. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930) Overview: Enacted under President Herbert Hoover, the …

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