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Canada, U.K. Renew Demands on Boeing to Drop Bombardier Dispute
Canada and the U.K. are continuing to press Boeing Co. to drop its trade challenge of Bombardier Inc., with one Canadian minister saying any resolution must also include the cancellation of U.S. punitive tariffs. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Understand, but there is a difference. American gov't (DOD etc.) should buy American when it is practical to keep jobs, technology, etc. advantages, However; the commercial airline industry is a completely different world. Canada, Brazil and some others foreign airframe companies "dump" their products at country subsidized prices and financing, which gives them a huge competitive advantage. Many of these countries (such as Brazil) believe the subsidies are a good substitute for welfare. I have visited their factories and they also employ many more people for specific jobs than our American airframers, as they want their people to work rather than be strictly on other government social and welfare programs. These subsidies disrupt and in many cases kill good paying U.S. aerospace jobs. One more factor that lowers our US wages and forces workers to take unemployment and lower paying service sector jobs. We need to look out for ourselves and all we ask for is a level playing field, which most of these other countries have agreed and signed up for.
The commercial airline business is a very competitive and low profit business, so cheaper aircraft and/or cheaper financing will be a major deciding factor when selecting new equipment. It does make a huge difference.
The commercial airline business is a very competitive and low profit business, so cheaper aircraft and/or cheaper financing will be a major deciding factor when selecting new equipment. It does make a huge difference.
So Boeing's nose is out of joint because Bombardier has produced a superb plane? and they don't have a plane in this size range to compete? Does the Trump gang not realise how absurd this is?? And what about Delta-last I heard they were a US company, so why doesn't this nationalist protectionism cover their business interests too?
Can't wait to see Air Canada Cseries put on the Seattle routes so they can waggle wings over Renton on approach!
Can't wait to see Air Canada Cseries put on the Seattle routes so they can waggle wings over Renton on approach!
The plane is average and in no was a revolution in Aviation. It is the engines that make that aircraft efficient.
Codswallop. Boeing has no a/c to compete with Ab and Bombardier.
The US government has ALWAYS lent a very helpful hand to such companies as Boeing, Lockheed, et al, especially the former 2. Without going very far back, just look at the Pegasus (KC-767) contract, that was handed over to Boeing after Airbus had won it with their A330 MRTT... every major defense or strategic player in the world has their backs covered by their respective Governments. There should be no surprise here. It's simply the way the game is played.
they sell to. Cheaper aircraft, also allow reduced airfares, which hurts the competing airlines. There is absolutely nothing wrong with level playing fields for global trade. Think about it and assume you were laid off from an importing country manufacturer because sales dried up due to artifically lower prices from competitors from other countries (subsidies). Think like this and you will understand why and how it hurts importing countries, even if the product is inferior, as was the Embraer product in the early 1980s.Our govt. officials said they would not impose a 28% tariff (duty) then because Brazil was an underdeveloped country and owed more to Citibank than its net worth. This is politics at play--helping the less fortunate countries at a large cost to American workers. Not good!!! Trump ran on "setting a level playing field for trade" and this is one small component of that pledge--good for America and American workers.