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House passes Smoot–Hawley tariff bill

On May 28, 1930, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Smoot–Hawley tariff bill, advancing legislation that would raise U.S. import duties substantially.

House passes Smoot–Hawley tariff bill

The bill, which President Hoover would sign the following month, intensified international trade retaliation and is widely seen as worsening the global economic decline during the Great Depression.

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