The important Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed following the Washington Summit on December 8, 1987.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, formally Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles; is an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union (and its successor state, the Russian Federation). U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty on 8 December 1987.
Imposing of tariffs meant that European countries could not sell goods in the U.S., so they imposed their own tariffs, resulting in a decline of worldwide trade.
