billiebob
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Initially that tax was going to just be on food products in retalliation for the tax on chickens but a looming election in 1964 plus the threat of an auto workers strike got Johnson thinking and to qwell the auto workers the chicken tax was also added to import light trucks. No strike and an election victory.Even mentions Mitsubishi specifically.
The chicken tax: Why it's hard to find a small pickup truck
There are few options available for Canadians who want to buy a small truck. Jeremy Cato explains whywww.theglobeandmail.com
All the other tariffs were lifted in the 1960s, but no politician has had the balls to upset the auto industry so we will never seen the wonderful little 4x4s the rest of the world enjoys.
Today Ford imports the Transit van as a passenger vehicle and shreds the seats once landed in the USA.