Wrong...Please read...
http://americastradepolicy.com/did-the-smoot-hawley-tariff-cause-the-great-depression/#.VseAhuaLXFl
The big problem with Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill was that US export income was pretty close in value to US import value...When we raised to tariff on imported goods, the foreign countries also raised theirs...It served no purpose...
Today, our export income is 6 times lower than US import value...
If you want foreigners to buy your products, make a better product or make it cheaper. Our movie industry does great internationally because although our movies have bigger budgets, they’re much better quality than most foreign productions. So we don’t have to charge more for movie tickets than any other country does.
If you suck as a producer, don’t ask the government to tax the superior, cheaper foreign goods to prop up the crappy job you’re doing. If you can’t do the job and compete on a level playing field without corporate welfare propping you up, find another line of work.