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The chicken tax is largely no longer relevant as the U.S. market hardly imports any vehicles from overseas. It’s simply cheaper to manufacture in the U.S. or th
by cityofdelusion 3y ago
The chicken tax is largely no longer relevant as the U.S. market hardly imports any vehicles from overseas. It’s simply cheaper to manufacture in the U.S. or the Mexican border these days.
- reaperman 3y agoIs it possible that people don’t import many vehicles because the chicken tax applies to all the most popular models? A 25% tax is likely suppressing imports. I find it noteworthy that our domestic automakers have in some cases entirely stopped producing any vehicles which aren't protected by the chicken tax (i.e. Ford). Edit: It is shockingly difficult to find statistics on imports as a % of US market size, if you want to filter out Canada+Mexico and also separate cars vs. trucks. Everything either lumps Canada+Mexico into "imports" or fails to differentiate cars (not subject to chicken tax) vs. trucks (subject to chicken tax).