The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which forced foreign automobile manufacturers to build their models for export to America in America, with American parts and labour.

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Fri 17 Dec 198221:00

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Fri 17 Dec 198221:00
BBC Radio 4

The Reagan Years (1981-1988)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
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