Fordney-McCumber tariff

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The Fordney-McCumber tariff of 1922 created a Tariff Commission to raise or lower rates by 50%. This was a post-World War I Republican defense against expected Europeans exports. Retaliatory tariffs sprang up.

See also:

• Underwood tariff of 1913
• Hawley-Smoot tariff of 1930