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Sort of the inverse, but didn’t Ford import Turkish-built Transit Connect vans with full interiors, only to strip those out upon arrival in Baltimore, as a mean

Sort of the inverse, but didn’t Ford import Turkish-built Transit Connect vans with full interiors, only to strip those out upon arrival in Baltimore, as a means of skirting the Chicken Tax?

tim333 2y ago
Seems something like that. I googled it to see what chickens had to do with transits. >The "Chicken Tax" is a 25% tariff on light trucks imported to the United States, established in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This tariff was a retaliatory measure against European countries, including France and West Germany, which had imposed tariffs on U.S. chicken exports. This whole business gets rather silly. Viva free trade. https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/ford-pays-u-s-365-million-to-settle-chicken-tax-dispute-on-turkish-made-transit-vans/ https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/ford-pays-u-s-365-million-...