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President Wilson signs the Trading with the Enemy Act

Wilson signed the Trading with the Enemy Act, giving the federal government broad authority to regulate trade with enemy nations, seize enemy-owned property, and control related communications during wartime.

President Wilson signs the Trading with the Enemy Act

The law granted sweeping wartime economic and censorship powers to the executive branch that shaped U.S. wartime administration and postwar government authority over foreign assets and information.

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