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Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Sponsor's Great-Granddaughter Says Trump's Tariffs Are A 'Terrible Idea'
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Sponsor's Great-Granddaughter Says Trump's Tariffs Are A 'Terrible Idea'

President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on imports on Wednesday, saying the measures will help boost American manufacturing but experts say it will raise prices for U.S. consumers. Rep. Willis C. Hawley was an Oregon Republican who sponsored the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. The law increased duties, started a trade war and is seen as having enhanced the negative impact of the Great Depression on many Americans. Trump’s tariffs are being criticized by one of the descendants of a legislator who helped introduce tariffs in 1930 Carey Stewart Cezar, a retired nurse who is Hawley’s great-granddaughter, has likened the 1930 act to Trump’s new tariffs on imports. “I think it’s a terrible idea and potentially devastating,” she told NBC News . “I think people don’t remember all the harm caused by tariffs in our history.” The 70-year-old said her family’s legacy was part of her education. “The Smoot-Hawley Act is part of my family’s history, and I learned about it as a kid,” she...

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