Retaliatory Tariffs: How the Chicken Tax Built the American Truck: Protectionism, Loopholes, and the Geopolitical Distortion of Automotive Manufacturing in the Global Economy - Couverture souple
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If you drive on any American highway today, you will be surrounded by massive, domestically produced light trucks. This is not solely due to consumer preference; it is the direct result of a bizarre geopolitical feud over cheap poultry. In 1963, facing European tariffs on cheap American chicken, President Lyndon B. Johnson retaliated by placing a 25% tariff on imported light trucks. Over half a century later, the "Chicken Tax" remains on the books. This highly specific economic analysis reveals how a temporary political maneuver permanently distorted the global automotive industry. It effectively shielded Detroit automakers from foreign competition, creating a highly profitable domestic monopoly on pickup trucks while stifling innovation. You will explore the absurd, multi-million-dollar engineering loopholes foreign companies invented to bypass the tax—from installing useless rear seats to importing trucks as "passenger vehicles" only to tear them apart upon arrival. Decode the strangest tariff in global commerce. Understand how a diplomatic spat over frozen birds reshaped automotive manufacturing, manipulated consumer culture, and built the modern American truck empire.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -If you drive on any American highway today, you will be surrounded by massive, domestically produced light trucks. This is not solely due to consumer preference; it is the direct result of a bizarre geopolitical feud over cheap poultry. In 1963, facing European tariffs on cheap American chicken, President Lyndon B. Johnson retaliated by placing a 25% tariff on imported light trucks.Over half a century later, the 'Chicken Tax' remains on the books. This highly specific economic analysis reveals how a temporary political maneuver permanently distorted the global automotive industry. It effectively shielded Detroit automakers from foreign competition, creating a highly profitable domestic monopoly on pickup trucks while stifling innovation.You will explore the absurd, multi-million-dollar engineering loopholes foreign companies invented to bypass the tax-from installing useless rear seats to importing trucks as 'passenger vehicles' only to tear them apart upon arrival.Decode the strangest tariff in global commerce. Understand how a diplomatic spat over frozen birds reshaped automotive manufacturing, manipulated consumer culture, and built the modern American truck empire. 116 pp. Englisch. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783565341740
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - If you drive on any American highway today, you will be surrounded by massive, domestically produced light trucks. This is not solely due to consumer preference; it is the direct result of a bizarre geopolitical feud over cheap poultry. In 1963, facing European tariffs on cheap American chicken, President Lyndon B. Johnson retaliated by placing a 25% tariff on imported light trucks.Over half a century later, the 'Chicken Tax' remains on the books. This highly specific economic analysis reveals how a temporary political maneuver permanently distorted the global automotive industry. It effectively shielded Detroit automakers from foreign competition, creating a highly profitable domestic monopoly on pickup trucks while stifling innovation.You will explore the absurd, multi-million-dollar engineering loopholes foreign companies invented to bypass the tax-from installing useless rear seats to importing trucks as 'passenger vehicles' only to tear them apart upon arrival.Decode the strangest tariff in global commerce. Understand how a diplomatic spat over frozen birds reshaped automotive manufacturing, manipulated consumer culture, and built the modern American truck empire. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783565341740
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Retaliatory Tariffs: How the Chicken Tax Built the American Truck | Protectionism, Loopholes, and the Geopolitical Distortion of Automotive Manufacturing in the Global Economy | Evelyn Pierce | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565341740 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. N° de réf. du vendeur 134880630
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