That was because of something called the "Chicken Tax".
Basically it was a punitive measure in response to French and German tariffs on US Chicken in the early 1960s. Domestic politics added light truck importation to the items the Chicken Tax hit.
Light truck covered commercial trucks and pick-ups, so manufacturers get around the restriction as best they could. Japan by exporting the cab and chassis, others allowing knock-down assembly, and Ford by importing European Ford trucks in passenger configuration - then stripping them back to light truck.
Necessity is the mother of all work-arounds.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
--------------------------------------------
On Mon, 23/2/15, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] RC Shipbuilding
To:
Date: Monday, 23 February, 2015, 15:20
I don't know if this is still the case, but
several years ago they would
ship Toyota and Mazda pickup trucks from Japan in two
pieces, the truck
without the pickup bed, and the pickup bed. For some
(probably tax,
importation, or customs purposes) they were considered
"parts" which were
"assembled in the USA" by bolting the bed on. They
used some specific term
like "final assembly" or "assembly in
US" to distinguish it from "made in
the US."
> I'd add the following descriptions to them:E - if
you bribe the locals and
> provide your own tech support, you could assemble a
fuel pump to get
> unrefined fuel. Expect it to break before you have
full tanks though.
> D - If you bribe the locals and help assemble the
filtration equipment,
> you can get a temporary working pump to provide refined
fuel. Expect it
> to break before you have full tanks though.C - Can
assemble a (non-jump)
> spaceship built at a tech B Spaceport, at a +30% or
higher markup, plus
> you have to either choose from whatever is available,
or wait for a
> courier to get to the Class B starport, and a freighter
to bring the ship
> to you. Little more than plug Tab A into slot A,
this spaceship will
> need after-market maintenance to ensure everything is
in working order.Â
> The GM should pick one or two standard ships, and this
is all that is
> available.B - Can assemble a jump-capable spaceship
built at a tech A
> planet, at a +30% or higher markup, plus you have to
either choose from
> whatever is available, or wait for a courier to get to
the Class A
> starport, and a freighter to bring the ship to you.Â
Little more than
> plug Tab A into slot A, this spaceship will need
after-market maintenance
> to ensure everything is in working order. The GM
should pick one or two
> standard ships, and this is all that is available.
> Essentially, the Class A starport builds the pieces of
the ship, and ships
> them via freight to a Class B starport to be put
together. This keeps
> the Class A starport ship slots empty for proper use,
and allows the Class
> B starport technicians practice at assembling ships.
> I'm trying to remember the name of where one
factory in a higher tech
> nation assembles the key parts, and another nation
assembles them.
> Todd Kes
>
> From: "Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE]"
> <>
>
> The way I always ran it, starports could be on the
ground/water, in the
> sky (floating cities), or in low orbit and had the
following capabilities:
> E - Basically a place to park. A place to do Han Solo
and Chewbacca field
> repairs, assuming they actually decide to listen to the
translator droid,
> without worrying about the local wildlife chewing on
power cables.
> D - A place to get unrefined fuel, Maybe barter for a
spare part of two
> (selection varies wildly). Real landing lights and
maybe a chance to park
> out of the weather (if there is weather). Restaurants
and other
> accommodations, but not a lot of variety. Not
necessarily seedy, but not
> a place you want to hang out at either.
> C - Refined fuel, actual terminals and commercial
landing areas. Good
> food, better places to sleep off the ship, standard
selection of spare
> parts, wider variety of other facilities. Maintenance
facilities for
> starships, can also do minor repairs or "make
do" repairs until you get to
> a "real" starport.
> B - Everything at a C starport but more so. Can do all
starship
> maintenance, including major repairs and overhauls. Can
build non-jump
> capable craft, though usually only standard designs.
> A - First rate facilities and accommodations. Could
build a starship from
> scratch.
>
> Better the starport, more likely that they will have a
combination of
> terrestrial and orbital facilities.
> All this means that my RC would have no problem
cranking out starships so
> long as the supply of salvaged jump drives or Hiver
imports holds out. You
> might argue that Aubaine's starport is actually a
'B+', in that they are
> designing and building what amount to starships, though
I would argue that
> in reality they are simply taking advantage of other
people's work by
> building spacecraft (as opposed to starships) that can
have a jump drive
> slapped in them. Pimping someone's ride doesn't
make you Dodge or Toyota.
>
>
>
>
>
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Basically it was a punitive measure in response to French and German tariffs on US Chicken in the early 1960s. Domestic politics added light truck importation to the items the Chicken Tax hit.
Light truck covered commercial trucks and pick-ups, so manufacturers get around the restriction as best they could. Japan by exporting the cab and chassis, others allowing knock-down assembly, and Ford by importing European Ford trucks in passenger configuration - then stripping them back to light truck.
Necessity is the mother of all work-arounds.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
--------------------------------------------
On Mon, 23/2/15, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] RC Shipbuilding
To:
Date: Monday, 23 February, 2015, 15:20
I don't know if this is still the case, but
several years ago they would
ship Toyota and Mazda pickup trucks from Japan in two
pieces, the truck
without the pickup bed, and the pickup bed. For some
(probably tax,
importation, or customs purposes) they were considered
"parts" which were
"assembled in the USA" by bolting the bed on. They
used some specific term
like "final assembly" or "assembly in
US" to distinguish it from "made in
the US."
> I'd add the following descriptions to them:E - if
you bribe the locals and
> provide your own tech support, you could assemble a
fuel pump to get
> unrefined fuel. Expect it to break before you have
full tanks though.
> D - If you bribe the locals and help assemble the
filtration equipment,
> you can get a temporary working pump to provide refined
fuel. Expect it
> to break before you have full tanks though.C - Can
assemble a (non-jump)
> spaceship built at a tech B Spaceport, at a +30% or
higher markup, plus
> you have to either choose from whatever is available,
or wait for a
> courier to get to the Class B starport, and a freighter
to bring the ship
> to you. Little more than plug Tab A into slot A,
this spaceship will
> need after-market maintenance to ensure everything is
in working order.Â
> The GM should pick one or two standard ships, and this
is all that is
> available.B - Can assemble a jump-capable spaceship
built at a tech A
> planet, at a +30% or higher markup, plus you have to
either choose from
> whatever is available, or wait for a courier to get to
the Class A
> starport, and a freighter to bring the ship to you.Â
Little more than
> plug Tab A into slot A, this spaceship will need
after-market maintenance
> to ensure everything is in working order. The GM
should pick one or two
> standard ships, and this is all that is available.
> Essentially, the Class A starport builds the pieces of
the ship, and ships
> them via freight to a Class B starport to be put
together. This keeps
> the Class A starport ship slots empty for proper use,
and allows the Class
> B starport technicians practice at assembling ships.
> I'm trying to remember the name of where one
factory in a higher tech
> nation assembles the key parts, and another nation
assembles them.
> Todd Kes
>
> From: "Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE]"
> <>
>
> The way I always ran it, starports could be on the
ground/water, in the
> sky (floating cities), or in low orbit and had the
following capabilities:
> E - Basically a place to park. A place to do Han Solo
and Chewbacca field
> repairs, assuming they actually decide to listen to the
translator droid,
> without worrying about the local wildlife chewing on
power cables.
> D - A place to get unrefined fuel, Maybe barter for a
spare part of two
> (selection varies wildly). Real landing lights and
maybe a chance to park
> out of the weather (if there is weather). Restaurants
and other
> accommodations, but not a lot of variety. Not
necessarily seedy, but not
> a place you want to hang out at either.
> C - Refined fuel, actual terminals and commercial
landing areas. Good
> food, better places to sleep off the ship, standard
selection of spare
> parts, wider variety of other facilities. Maintenance
facilities for
> starships, can also do minor repairs or "make
do" repairs until you get to
> a "real" starport.
> B - Everything at a C starport but more so. Can do all
starship
> maintenance, including major repairs and overhauls. Can
build non-jump
> capable craft, though usually only standard designs.
> A - First rate facilities and accommodations. Could
build a starship from
> scratch.
>
> Better the starport, more likely that they will have a
combination of
> terrestrial and orbital facilities.
> All this means that my RC would have no problem
cranking out starships so
> long as the supply of salvaged jump drives or Hiver
imports holds out. You
> might argue that Aubaine's starport is actually a
'B+', in that they are
> designing and building what amount to starships, though
I would argue that
> in reality they are simply taking advantage of other
people's work by
> building spacecraft (as opposed to starships) that can
have a jump drive
> slapped in them. Pimping someone's ride doesn't
make you Dodge or Toyota.
>
>
>
>
>
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