Tariff Table

Year	Name	Description
1789	Tariff of 1789	Primarily for revenue; some protection for "infant industries;" (Washington administration).
1816	Tariff of 1816	First protective tariff; Clay and Calhoun supported as part of American System; Southern cotton growers opposed; (Madison administration).
1824	Tariff of 1824	Further heightening of rates; growing opposition from South; (Monroe administration).
1828	"Tariff of Abominations"	Higher protective measures for New England mills; Southerners outraged, including Calhoun; (J.Q. Adams administration).
1832	Tariff of 1832	Moderate reform returned rates to 1824 levels; unmoved South Carolina sparked Nullification Crisis; (Jackson administration).
1833	Tariff of 1833	Clay compromise; gradual reduction of rates over time to 1816 levels; New England states opposed; (Jackson administration).
1842	Tariff of 1842	Upward revision forced by depression following Panic of 1837; (Tyler administration).
1846	Walker Tariff	Democrats controlled Congress; West supported tariff reduction in hope of selling grain abroad; move toward tariff for revenue only; (Polk administration).
1857	Tariff of 1857	Downward tariff revision to almost free trade status; North opposed; (Buchanan administration).
1861- 1865	Wartime tariff acts	Steadily increased protectionism to help fund Union war costs; South not represented in Congress during Civil War; (Buchanan and Lincoln administrations).
1872	Tariff of 1872	Post-war reform tariff, reduced rates on some manufactured goods; (Grant administration).
1875	Tariff of 1875	Continued downward revision; average rates reduced by 10 percent; (Grant administration).
1883	"Mongrel" Tariff	Republicans abandoned reform; compromise satisfied no one; (Arthur administration).
1890	McKinley Tariff	Highest protective tariff to date: average 48 percent; (B. Harrison administration).
1894	Wilson-Gorman Tariff	Reform measure crippled by Senate amendments; (Cleveland 2nd administration).
1897	Dingley Tariff	Blatantly protective measure; some rates at 57 percent; (McKinley administration).
1909	Payne-Aldrich Tariff	Attempt to lower average level of duties; little meaningful reform; Progressives angered; (Taft administration).
1913	Underwood-Simmons Tariff	Democrats took control of Congress; general duty reduction soon negated by outbreak of World War I; federal income tax provision; (Wilson administration).
1921	Emergency Tariff	Republicans returned to power and responded to mini-depression; raised agricultural rates to protect farmers; only a stopgap measure until new law written; (Harding administration).
1922	Fordney-McCumber Tariff	Increased rates sharply; president empowered to adjust rates; Tariff Commission created to advise president; (Harding administration).
1930	Smoot-Hawley Tariff	Raised U.S. duties to an all-time high; 1,000 economists protested; foreign retaliation; (Hoover administration).
1934	Hull Trade Pacts	Reciprocal treaties to reduce tariffs and stimulate trade during depression; (F. Roosevelt administration).
1948	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)	United Nations organization created to seek tariff reductions.
1962	Trade Expansion Act	President received authority to negotiate tariff reductions up to 50 percent; aimed primarily at European Economic Community (later European Union); (Kennedy administration).
1963- 1967	"Kennedy Round"	GATT talks aimed at tariff reduction, primarily with Western Europe; approximate 33 percent reductions; (L. Johnson administration).
1973- 1979	"Tokyo Round"	GATT talks aimed at non-tariff trade barriers; included non-GATT members; (Nixon administration).
1974	Trade Act of 1974	President given authority to end tariff duties against products from developing nations; (Ford administration).
1993	North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)	U.S., Canada and Mexico end most trade barriers; (Clinton administration).
1994	GATT/WTO	New GATT agreement signed; World Trade Organization (WTO) formed; (Clinton administration).

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