SmootHawleytullilaki

SmootHawleytullilaki is not a real-world policy; it is a fictional construct used in alternative-history and speculative-economics literature to explore protectionist policy packages. The name blends the historical Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 with the invented term tullilaki, which in various works stands for an accompanying mechanism described differently by authors.

In these narratives, SmootHawleytullilaki refers to a tariff-based policy package intended to shield domestic industries while incorporating an additional control feature that is called tullilaki. The tullilaki element is portrayed in multiple ways, including import licensing, quotas, or local-content requirements. The combination is typically presented as increasing domestic production incentives but also raising consumer prices, reducing import availability, and inviting retaliation from trading partners.

Usage of the term varies across works, and there is no standardized definition. SmootHawleytullilaki appears in speculative fiction, policy thought experiments, and game world-building as a pedagogical tool to illustrate how tariff-based protectionism can interact with other trade controls. Because it is a fictional construct, it serves more as a device for exploring economic consequences than as a prescription for real policy.

Scholarly and literary discussions use SmootHawleytullilaki to critique protectionism and to demonstrate the potential for tariff escalation to create distortions in supply chains and international relations. It is cited as a cautionary example rather than a historical policy.

Related topics include the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, protectionism, tariffs, import licensing, quotas, local-content requirements, and trade wars.