Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, which was enacted in 1934, was recognized as the tuning point of American Tariff history. 1934年国会通过的《互惠贸易协定法》(ReciprocalTradeAgreementsAct)被认为是美国关税史上的转折点。
On the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act of 1934, the tariff was not displayed by the form of legislation. It was established by the trade negotiations between the President and other nations. 1934年的互惠贸易协定法使关税不再通过立法的形式表现出来,而是由总统与他国的贸易谈判来确立。
In order to protect the benefits of British itself and to meet the calls of reciprocal tariff form self-governing colonies, Chamberlain suggested the British government the necessity of modifying the free trade policy which had been carried out for a long that began the tariff reformation. 为了保护英国自身经济利益,满足自治殖民地关税互惠的要求以实现帝国统一,张伯伦建议英国政府修改坚持已久的自由贸易基本国策,进行关税改革。