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Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... 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 Act of 1930 ). ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... 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 -- when economic ...
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