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janice shell

02/02/25 12:44 AM

#509784 RE: B402 #509783

Once again, I can only suggest you do some serious reading, not just regurgitate Trump's protectionist bullshit.

Does this sound good to you?

During the 1928 U.S. presidential campaign, Herbert Hoover vowed to raise prices on agricultural imports. However, as soon he took office, representatives from other sectors asked him to increase tariffs on other imported goods. The bill came into law on June 17, 1930.

The law raised the tariff by approximately 20%, prompting other countries to impose high tariffs on U.S. exports as retaliation. It led to U.S. exports falling from $7 billion in 1929 to $2.5 billion in 1932. Farm exports were down by one-third from their 1929 levels by 1933. International trade plummeted 65%.


I'll remind you that in his first term, Trump had to gift U.S. farmers billions and billions as a result of his own punitive tariffs. You should, of course, know that.

And what does Columbia have to do with anything? If you mean the country, it's "Colombia".