Reagan used tariffs. Get over it.
Precisely. Who was President in 1988?
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12661.html
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-418, 102 Stat. 1107) (”Omnibus Trade Act”), the Tariff Act of 1930 (Chapter 497, 46 Stat. 590, June 17, 1930), as amended (”Tariff Act”), the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (P.L. 100-456, 102 Stat. 1918) (”Defense Authorization Act”), section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and, in general, to ensure that the international trade policy of the United States shall be conducted and administered in a way that achieves the economic, foreign policy, and national security objectives of the United States and in a coordinated manner under the direction of the President, it is hereby ordered as follows: