Although they opposed permanent tariffs, political expedience in spite of sound economics prompted the Founding Fathers to pass the first U.S. tariff act. For 72 years, Northern special interest ...

The Tariff Act of 1890 is McKinley’s signature legislation. ... More than a century since then, historians say McKinley’s legacy with protective tariffs is complex.

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

The strongest presidential tool for protective tariffs is Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the so-called “National Security” tariff authority.

Letter: Tariffs act as a tax on an economy’s production on facebook (opens in a new window) ... Protective tariffs, therefore, do not transfer income from net importers to net exporters.

The Tariff Act of 1930, popularly known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, levied protective tariffs on about 800 to 900 different types of goods, accounting for about 25% of all goods imported to the U ...

Since the passage of the Trade Act in 1974, ... Access to these protective tariffs was available to any company or group that met congressionally mandated tests for what constitutes unfair trade ...