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丹青不知老将至，贫贱于我如浮云。——杜甫

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Unit6

Goodbye,FreeTrade?

丹青不知老将至，贫贱于我如浮云。——杜甫

Exercises

1.Answerthequestionsonthetext.

1)WhatwastheresultwhentheHouseofRepresentativespassedthe

Hawley-SmootTariffActin1930?

TheeconomicrecessionintheUnitedStatesbecameevenworse.

2)Accordingtotheauthor,whathappenswhenacurrencyappreciates?

Itdiminishestheexportadvantageofthecountryandmakesitdifficultto

increaseexportsorevenmaintainthestatusquo.

3)HowdidAmericanpoliticianstakeadvantageofthepublicsstrong

丹青不知老将至，贫贱于我如浮云。——杜甫

anti-free-tradesentimentintheUnitedStates?

Theycreatedatalkingpointinchargesofunfairtradesothattheythought

theycouldbenefitinthemid-termelections.

4)WhatdidAmericanpoliticiansandeconomistsagreeanddisagreeoverthe

Hawley-SmootTariffAct?

Almostallofthemagreedthatitwasabadlaw,buttheydisagreedwhetherit

triggeredtheGreatDepressioninthe1930s.

5)WhatdidMiltonFriedmanthinkwerethemoreimportantreasonsforthe

GreatDepression?

Themalfunctioninggoldstandardsystemandineptmonetarypolicyofthe

FederalReserve.

6)WhatwastheforeignreactionunexpectedbytheAmericanlawmakersafter

theHawley-SmootTariffActwasenacted?

Thetradingpartnerswereangeredandimposeddiscriminatorytariffson

Americangoods.Canadainparticular,asthelargestexportmarketforthe

US,reactedfiercelyandhandeditsmarketovertotheBritishcompetitors.

7)Whyisitunlikelyfo