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Taussig (second from the left) at the 1911 Harvard commencement. Much of Taussigs work is available from Internet Archive: 1883: Protection to Young Industries as Applied to the United States (second edition, 1886) 1885: History of the Present Tariff, 1860–83; 1888: The Tariff History of the United States eighth edition, 1931,
The Tariff of 1842 returned the tariff to the level of 1832, with duties averaging between 23% and 35%. The Walker Tariff of 1846 essentially focused on revenue and reversed the trend of substituting specific for ad valorem duties. The Tariff of 1857 reduced the tariff to a general level of 20%, the lowest rate since 1830, and expanded the free ...
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Once tariffs are imposed, they become difficult to remove, particularly when national security issues are involved. The tariff protection may focus on a specific industry, like steel.
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The American Tariff League Study of 1951 compared the free and dutiable tariff rates of 43 countries. It found that only seven nations had a lower tariff level than the United States (5.1%), and eleven nations had free and dutiable tariff rates higher than the Smoot–Hawley peak of 19.8% including the United Kingdom (25.6%).
Trump’s calls to replace the existing federal income tax with protective tariffs is not only impractical in the face of growing federal deficits; it is also clashes with historical reality.
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