US Dept of Commerce slaps 220% tax on Bombardier c series
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Love it!
Because the "Ministry of Procurement" would change the specifications every Friday lunchtime meeting, and by the time the £50b 50-300 seat widebody city-hopper prototype had been nailed together at Warton and sent by road to hawarden to be mated to parts shipped in from china, we'd have a new government to cancel it all.
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Ah, well.
Because the "Ministry of Procurement" would change the specifications every Friday lunchtime meeting, and by the time the £50b 50-300 seat widebody city-hopper prototype had been nailed together at Warton and sent by road to hawarden to be mated to parts shipped in from china, we'd have a new government to cancel it all.
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Ah, well.
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Whoopee make RR products unaffordable to Boeing customers , how would that help? You don't think Boeing will just suck it up, they will simply pass it on to their customers. Anyway don't airlines buy the engines direct and ask for delivery to Seattle for Boeing to nail to the wings?
RR aren't the only engine fitted to Boeing so if one suddenly becomes more expensive then the other, US, manufacturers will jump with joy!
RR aren't the only engine fitted to Boeing so if one suddenly becomes more expensive then the other, US, manufacturers will jump with joy!
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So now Delta wil found a Canadian airline which will buy all the C_Series aircraft and wet lease them to Delta creating jobs in Canada instead of the US...
Makes America look dumb again
Makes America look dumb again
Verhofstadt made time recently to visit the land border in Ireland and assess for himself the illogical plan for a virtual border. People in Northern Ireland voted to remain and over the last sixteen months EU negotiators have consistently spoken up to protect their interests. It is the former Northern Ireland Secretary who campaigned to Leave, worked the phones alongside Duncan-Smith, and travelled on the Brexit Bus, that is noticeably quiet these days.
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Some people in the UK voted to remain, some more voted to leave...that's the result, pure and simple!
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oh no
The C135 became the 707, the fans on the C5 galaxy went on to Jumbo jets, The US built civil airliners during WW2 and dumped 1000s of DC3s (C47) on the civil market afterwards, 
the US has been supporting Boeing since the 1930s, its a way of life out there.
the US has been supporting Boeing since the 1930s, its a way of life out there.
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Canadian airlines, despite their ownership, cannot operate domestic flights in the USA.
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They just need to make an overture to some Southern State, get a few $billion to build an assembly plant, and do 'final' assembly in the States, call them made in the USA, and avoid the whole issue.
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canada will do nothing about this because its leadership is weak and ineffective and its industries lack the balls to stand up to bullying.
trump and his people are not stupid, no matter what you think of him. this is a cleverly calculated move by all the involved parties to benefit boeing and the US economy in the long run.
it frustrates the hell out of me that canada continues to allow itself to be outfoxed in the business world. well, when you lack aggression evolution tends to cull you out. we'll see if the leadership grows a pair.
trump and his people are not stupid, no matter what you think of him. this is a cleverly calculated move by all the involved parties to benefit boeing and the US economy in the long run.
it frustrates the hell out of me that canada continues to allow itself to be outfoxed in the business world. well, when you lack aggression evolution tends to cull you out. we'll see if the leadership grows a pair.
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Apart from plying largesse on the relevant politicians, I wonder if Boeing did the same to P&W, to mess up the PW1000G Geared Turbofan, as the string of cockups in its production have impacted Bombardier greatly, as well as Airbus, but not Boeing.
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trump and his people are not stupid, no matter what you think of him. this is a cleverly calculated move by all the involved parties to benefit boeing and the US economy in the long run.
Meanwhile Delta and P&W (EH) are hanging out on a limb waiting for this claim to be adjudicated fairly. Trump is smart enough to let the process proceed.
Now, don't get me started on the real subsidies thru tax breaks, Ex-Im bank loans, etc. Yes, Boeing is subsidized, but not the way you think. And Boeing's subsidies don't allow them to sell under marginal cost.
The C135 was, at best, a cousin to the 707
