Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Reciprocal_Trade_Agreements_Act_of_1934
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 12, 1934
gptkbp:effect reduction of tariffs
increase in international trade
gptkbp:enables negotiation of trade agreements without Congressional approval
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Great_Depression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade_(GATT)
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act
gptkbp:purpose to promote international trade by reducing tariffs
to give the President authority to negotiate bilateral trade agreements
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_trade_policy
gptkb:Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act
gptkbp:renewable multiple times until 1962
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Trade_Expansion_Act_of_1962
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_trade_policy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7