>
>Does anyone out there know the details of the GATT bill and if it will
>reduce or eliminate the tariff on imported trucks?
>
>I remember way back in the '70's that the US slapped a 25% tariff on trucks
>to retaliate for some country (Germany?) putting a tariff on our chickens,
>and that's why we don't get no steenkin' non-passenger versions of VW
>buses anymore.
>
>If GATT passes, might we get cheaper prices on the truck part of the
>Winnebago camper????   Might we get stranger versions of the Eurovan?
> 
>Might VWoA pass on the savings to the purchaser???      (yeah, right.)
>
>Any foreign trade experts or congresspersons or senators in this group?
>
>
>Glenn Wanek
>wanek@whscdp.whs.edu
>

Wasn't the import tariff due to the Japanese making a killing in the
light truck business at the expense of Motown?

Joachim
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