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Presidency of George Washington
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Hamilton's Financial Plan
In the short term, this plan boosted the economy of the U.S. and made the country an economic superpower. It did this by encouraging purchases with American businesses, boosting the overall GDP rather than purchasing from foreign countries. In the long term, this plan and event had an impact on how the government would collect money and raise revenue. This set a template for future Americans to come on how to deal with tariffs and when to impose them. -
The Tariff Act of 1789
This act put Hamilton’s plan into action by placing a 8% tax on foreign goods. American businesses grew fast after tariffs like this one were passed. -
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Presidency of James Monroe
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The Tariff Act of 1824
This Act increased the tariffs on iron, wool, cotton and agricultural products to protect American manufacturers from cheap British goods that involved these products. The long term impact of this Act was to explain the procedure to take when a cheap foreign good is in high demand for Americans, and how tariffs could prevent American manufacturers of the same product from slowing down and bringing the economy down with it. -
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Presidency of James Buchanan
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The Tariff Act of 1857
This increased imports in the US from foreign countries. Like most tariffs, it just slightly domestic industrial growth as well as strengthened the economy. -
Morrill Tariff
This increased the import tariff for all goods from foreign countries to further encourage domestic growth and foster the wages of industrial workers. -
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Presidency of Harry Truman
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End of the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs
By ending this tariff, it became easier to trade with other countries and made better trade relations with other countries. -
Creation of the GATT
The creation of the GATT helped lower the effects of the great depression while also creating stable trade relations with involved countries. -
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Presidency of Bill Clinton
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The Tariff Act of 1993
This tariff placed a small 8% tax on steel from Belgium, Canada, and Germany. This helped the poorer American steel businesses and promoted purchases from them. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
This agreement eliminated tariffs between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This is the largest trade agreement in the world at the time. -
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Presidency of Donald Trump
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Created many Tariffs under the IEEPA
Trade relationships with China overall will decrease, and certain Chinese goods will be purchased less and China will import the U.S. 's goods less as well. -
U.S.-China Trade War
If the trade war continues for a long time, the national economy could go down from buying products for more than they used to.
