 Fun fact, in Canada, lightweight trucks are much less expensive than they are in the U.S. Why? Because of chickens. What? What came first? The chicken or the trade war? Until the 1960s, chicken was considered a delicacy in Europe. But due to America's ability to farm more efficiently, chickens were produced much more inexpensively in the U.S. and then imported into Europe, driving down the overall market value of chickens. And this made life better for most people. Except for a small minority. The European chicken industry. Ugh, big chicken at it again. So a number of European countries imposed a tariff on chickens to protect their chicken industries. This not only hurt the general population, which now had to absorb the higher cost of chickens, once again, it also hurt chicken producers in the U.S. As a result, 1961 to 1964 was known as the Great Chicken War. At the time, this was such a pressing issue that Senator William Fulbright interrupted a Cold War-era NATO nuclear disarmament debate to shift to another topic. Trade sanctions on U.S. chicken. German Chancellor Conrad Adnois reported that half of his correspondence with U.S. President John F. Kennedy was over chickens. Ask not what chickens can do for you. Ask what you can do for chickens. Because we're a country of the chickens, by the chickens, and for the chickens, the U.S. had to retaliate. So President Johnson imposed a 25% tariff on potato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks. Harvard professor Robert Z. Lawrence wrote, the chicken tax crippled the U.S. automobile industry by insulating it from real competition in light trucks for 40 years. So in the end, countless resources were wasted, and it's harder for Americans to get trucks, all because some Europeans got their feathers ruffled over cheap American chicken. And that is why tariffs are stupid. Hey guys, thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed this video, please check out fee.org for more educational material.