The Chicken Tax — actually a tax on potato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks — was a 1964 response by the U.S. under President Lyndon B. Johnson to tariffs placed by France and Germany (then West Germany) on importation of U.S. chicken. The seventeen month period of tensions and negotiations surrounding the issue, which took place at the height of Cold War politics, was known as the Chicken War. 46 years later, the tax had ossified, remaining in place to protect U.S.

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  • The Chicken Tax — actually a tax on potato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks — was a 1964 response by the U.S. under President Lyndon B. Johnson to tariffs placed by France and Germany (then West Germany) on importation of U.S. chicken. The seventeen month period of tensions and negotiations surrounding the issue, which took place at the height of Cold War politics, was known as the Chicken War. 46 years later, the tax had ossified, remaining in place to protect U.S. domestic automakers from foreign light truck (e.g. , from Japan, Thailand), and concern remains about its repeal. As an unintended consequence, several importers of light trucks circumvent the 25% tariff via loopholes — including Ford, which imports light trucks as "passenger vehicles" to the U.S. from Turkey and immediately shreds portions of their interiors in a warehouse outside Baltimore.
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  • The Chicken Tax — actually a tax on potato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks — was a 1964 response by the U.S. under President Lyndon B. Johnson to tariffs placed by France and Germany (then West Germany) on importation of U.S. chicken. The seventeen month period of tensions and negotiations surrounding the issue, which took place at the height of Cold War politics, was known as the Chicken War. 46 years later, the tax had ossified, remaining in place to protect U.S.
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  • Chicken tax
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