经济史家仍然在为斯穆特-霍利法案本身的集中性争辩不休，但随之而来的关税战破坏了贸易和经济增长，让形势雪上加霜。
Historians continue to debate the centrality of the Smoot-Hawley law itself, but the subsequent tariff war certainly damaged trade and economic growth, making a bad situation worse.