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How a trade dispute over chicken led to the dominance of the American truck. :
Planet Money Note: This episode originally ran in 2015.

German families in the 60s loved tasty, cheap American-raised chicken that was
suddenly coming in after the war. And Americans were loving fun, cheap
Volkswagen Beetles. This arrangement was too good to last.

Today on the show, how a trade dispute over frozen chicken parts changed the
American auto industry as we know it.

This episode was reported by Robert Smith and Sonari Glinton. It was produced by
Frances Harlow.

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German families in the 60s loved tasty, cheap American-raised chicken that was
suddenly coming in after the war. And Americans were loving fun, cheap
Volkswagen Beetles. This arrangement was too good to last.

Today on the show, how a trade dispute over frozen chicken parts changed the
American auto industry as we know it.

This episode was reported by Robert Smith and Sonari Glinton. It was produced by
Frances Harlow.

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