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jun 17, 1930 - Hawley-Smoot Tariff

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|WHAT|: Increase taxes by 31-49% of foreign imports|RESPONSE|: Europe responded by enacting higher tariffs of their own against the US|EFFECT|: all nations reduced trade, so all sank further into their depressions

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jun 17, 1930
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~ 96 years ago