Tariff critics have shared on social media a November 1988 video clip of President Ronald Reagan calling Smoot-Hawley "a ...

One expert is comparing the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the aftermath of a trade policy that deepened ...

For many years, tariffs were viewed favorably by Americans. But in the 1930s, one act of Congress changed people's minds.

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

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot ...

Republican lawmakers say there’s a good chance that President Trump’s trade war will boomerang on Republicans politically in ...

WASHINGTON -- 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 ...

Oregon Republican Congressman Willis Hawley, who served 26 years in the House, was not renominated to return to his seat.

Those dreading a return to the Smoot Hawley days think this time around could be even worse given the size and scale of Trump ...

The various tariffs that President Trump has imposed since retaking office are based on delegated authority found in several ...