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Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations.
Protectionism in the United States is protectionist economic policy that erects tariffs and other barriers on imported goods. This policy was most prevalent in the 19th century. At that time, it was mainly used to protect Northern industries and was opposed by Southern states that wanted free trade to expand cotton and other agricultural exports.
The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 4), commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, [1] was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
Trump has been a vocal supporter of tariffs since the 1980s, and the protectionism policy played prominently in his first term. Trump has also discussed tariffs at length during his current run ...
That protectionist policy, which triggered retaliatory measures from other nations, was seen by many economists as exacerbating the Great Depression. Duncan Braid, the coalition director of ...
US law authorizing retaliation against violations of trade agreements Section 301 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–618, 19 U.S.C. § 2411, last amended March 23, 2018) authorizes the President to take all appropriate action, including tariff-based and non-tariff-based retaliation, to obtain the removal of any act, policy, or practice of a foreign government that violates an ...
Justice Anthony Kennedy has written that: "The central rationale for the rule against discrimination is to prohibit state or municipal laws whose object is local economic protectionism, laws that would excite those jealousies and retaliatory measures the Constitution was designed to prevent."
These policies aimed at countering the growing presence of China and creating an industrial policy to bring back U.S. industries that were seen to have been eroded by international competition.