Originally Posted by
Just This Once...
The idea that Europe governments supports its aviation industry whilst the US government does not is dependent on the careful application of a US-prism......etc etc.
The WTO disagreed. Repeatedly.
Even now M1 Abrams are being manufactured and mothballed just to keep the money flowing. As a result no other tank manufacturer could compete for an international sale at the knock-down prices of an M1.
This is an entirely different animal. 1. The M1 is a purely military product, not commercial. Boeing's lawsuit is about a commercial product. 2. There is only one production line and one manufacturer for the M1 and Congress wants to preserve the industrial base to produce tanks. Unlike various UK governments that were/are content to be entirely dependent on foreign manufacturers for all sorts of military equipment, the US government wants to preserve the domestic industrial base for certain military equipment. Tanks being one of them. Fighters also.