If President Reagan is trying to find a way out of a gunfight with Congress over the trade bill passed last week, he might suggest a quid pro quo: He would accept the 60-day notice provision that c… ...

In 1828, the U.S. imposed tariffs that spiraled into a major economic downturn. A century later, in 1930, another wave of protectionist tariffs contributed to the onset of the Great Depression.