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US proposes fresh tariffs on Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... steps to prevent the importation of forced labour goods, including through USMCA and commitments in Agreements on Reciprocal Trade. However, each of our trading partners must do more to ensure that trade does not perversely encourage and entrench forced ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... negative) target interest rates in most developed nations. But there's a precedent Jerome, and its name is the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA), enacted by US president Franklin Roosevelt in 1934 (that replaced the protectionist Smoot-Hawley ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... passed in 1930) to 16% in 1931 and 25% in 1932-33. It was only after Roosevelt replaced Hoover and signed the "Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act" in 1934 -- reducing tariff levels and promoting trade liberalization and cooperation with foreign governments ...
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