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What history says tariffs will do to corporate profits and the U.S. economy

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The S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is still down around 6% so far in 2025 , down 10% from recent all-time highs.

Wall Street is nervous about what high tariff rates will do to the global economic order, especially the supply chain relationship between China and the United States .

The last time the U.S. sharply raised tariffs on imports, in 1930 , the government enacted the Smoot-Hawley tariffs to protect farmers, which led to increased costs and retaliation from other countries upset over the new law.

This exacerbated the intense economic hardship during the Great Depression .

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