Originally Posted by
Intrance
I assume the poster meant it like this; The point being that if that US DOC 300% will stand, it should be no problem to raise the same kind of tariff against those 737/787 orders, baseless or not.
Ummmm, .... no. It is not Boeing who would pay the 300% tariff, it is the buyer.
Tariffs are generally applied to PROTECT HOME INDUSTRY. Canada does not produce anything in the 737/787 class so there is no home industry to "protect".
A tariff such as you propose would simply be "punitive". It would hurt Air Canada, its paying passengers and Canada's reputation as a "fair trading partner".
Finally, if Canada were to apply a 300% tariff against Boeing they would have to, under international trade law (WTO), also to apply it to Airbus.