Death to the chicken tax Five trucks to look out for after Trans-Pacific Partnership takes effect
Was doing some reading on the chicken tax and wondered how TPP would or wouldn't make any changes...
Found some hopeful articles! 
Death to the 'chicken tax': Five trucks to look out for after the Trans-Pacific Partnership takes effect
The Australian-made Holden Ute could soon be imported to the U.S. without facing the steep tariff on light trucks.
As the U.S. and 11 other countries announce a new trans-Pacific trade agreement that will dismantle trade barriers, automakers on the other side of the globe are thinking about one thing: chicken.
Not the bird or the tenders, but rather the "chicken tax," a 25 percent U.S. tariff that dates back to the 1963 and once applied topotato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks. The tax was the response to European tariffs on U.S. chicken imports and though it has been all but rolled back, the tax on foreign-made trucks has remained intact.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, the agreement reached Monday between 12 countries along the Pacific Rim, would allow the 11 other countries to avoid the so-called chicken tax when exporting to the U.S., meaning we might be approaching a new era in the U.S. pickup market, one that might not be so dominated by Detroit's Big 3.
more at article-
http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/street-smarts/trucks-trans-pacific-partnership-article-1.2385565
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and old people love the clapper...
I guess we could play this stupid game all day long 
