I didn’t know what the chicken tax was. Here’s a write up on it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-strange-case-of-fords-attempt-to-avoid-the

I didn’t know what the chicken tax was. Here’s a write up on it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-strange-case-of-fords-attempt-to-avoid-thechicken-tax/2018/07/06/643624fa-796a-11e8-8df3-007495a78738_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-strange-... In short: the EU wanted to stop a flood of US chickens in the 60s so they imposed a tariffs. The US then retaliated by tariffing trucks, mainly from VW. But what is a truck? Is a minivan a truck? I didn’t know this but the Ford Transit is built in Spain and comes to the US with rear seats and also glass windows in the rear. At customs the seats are ripped out and the rear windows are plated over now making it a popular delivery truck, this voiding $250M in taxes.