Talk:Chicken Tax

So this is why...

...there are no pickups the size of the old LUV, Courier and P'UP available in the USA now. Chickens! Bizzybody (talk) 07:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

The Chicken Tax has nothing to do with the size of vehicles, only their country of origin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.54.25.255 (talk) 00:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Confused intro

"For example, Ford, which was one of the main beneficiaries of the tax, also evaded it by manufacturing first-generation Transit Connect light trucks for the US market in Turkey;" How does Ford manufacturing in Turkey evade the Chicken Tax? (Unless this is someone's attempt at a Turkey vs Chicken joke?). Manufacturing the Transit in Turkey (instead of the US) is presumably what necessitated some way to work around the Chicken Tax; it was not part of the solution. Gwideman (talk) 06:02, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

The workaround was to import the trucks as passenger vehicles and convert them to light trucks in the US. Light trucks imported from anywhere outside NAFTA are still subject to the chicken tax today. This includes the big Ford plant in Turkey, which mostly manufactures vans and pickups for markets outside North America. --Ef80 (talk) 15:30, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

The role of UAW

By the time the talks between Johnson and Reuther took place, the tariff was already in force, having been proclaimed more than a month earlier. However, the section #Diplomacy failure and the UAW implies that unions may have had a crucial role in adopting the tariff on light trucks - admittedly it isn't a direct claim, but it can be understood that way. Could anyone knowledgeable expand this with more background if there is anything to it, or tone down the paragraph if there isn't? — Yerpo ^Eh? 10:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Adjustments to information on losses to US poultry industry

HI, I was looking at the article (I am writing a paper). Here's the excerpt from wikipedia:

"Losses to the U.S. poultry industry were estimated at $26—$28 million (equivalent to $270.27—$291.06 million in 2024)."

The reference used says " U.S. exports rose spectacularly, reaching $28 million in 1962's first six months. Then the great chicken war opened when the Common Market, spurred by its own poultry raisers, last year began raising the tariff on U.S. chickens to cut the heavy flow. Result: U.S. exports have since declined 67% ." Wouldn't the wikipedia article be incorrect, since losses were never stated, and while final estimates maybe could have actually been around $26-28 million, the reference used has no proof of that. ~2025-41859-75 (talk) 08:40, 20 December 2025 (UTC)