# Canonical recap data for Tariff Act of 1930 Enacted (1930)
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slug: smoot-hawley-tariff
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1930/smoot-hawley-tariff"
title: Tariff Act of 1930 Enacted
subtitle: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff's protectionism triggered retaliatory trade wars and deepened the Great Depression's global reach, cementing economic isolationism.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1930-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1930
decade: 1930
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, was a protectionist trade measure signed into law in the United States by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930. Named after its chief congressional sponsors, Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, the act raised tariffs on over 20,
summaryLong: The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, was a protectionist trade measure signed into law in the United States by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930. Named after its chief congressional sponsors, Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, the act raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods in an effort to shield American industries from foreign competition during the onset of the Great Depression, which had started in October 1929.
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heroImageCredit: National Photo Company · via Wikipedia
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act"
  title: Tariff Act of 1930
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, was a protectionist trade measure signed into law in the United States by President Herbert H
wikidataQid: Q1585491
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Tariff Act of 1930
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act"
