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Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... later. It took more than a decade for the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to be repealed and replaced with the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 and the eventual reduction in global tariffs starting in December 1945. "Those who ignore history are bound to repeat ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... too!' It took more than a decade for the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to be repealed and replaced with the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 and the eventual reduction in global tariffs starting in December 1945. "Those who ignore history are bound to repeat ...
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