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Why US favored tariffs in 1800s and lowering them now

Why would the US be in favor of tariffs in the early 1800s and be generally (steel tariffs aside) in favor of lowering tariffs today?

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In the 1800's, nearly every industrial tariff was first imposed as an infant-industry tariff under the ...

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