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Think The Trade War Is Bad Now? A Law From Decades Ago Could Make Things Even Worse
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4:42Now PlayingSteve Forbes explains that the trade war could get even worse if President Trump invokes a barely-known section of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which might obviate even the toughest court decisions blocking his hardline tariffs.
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