A Silver Lining For Bombardier?

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Key Takeaways:

  • The U.S. Commerce Department proposed an "unprecedented" 300% import duty on Bombardier's CSeries airliners.
  • This proposed duty has been widely criticized as "absurd" by Bombardier, the Canadian government, and aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.
  • Paradoxically, analyst Richard Aboulafia suggests these "crushing penalties" may actually help Bombardier.
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It’s been called absurd by Bombardier and the Canadian government and aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia agrees that the 300 percent import duties proposed against CSeries airliners by the U.S. Commerce Department are unprecedented. He also told AVweb’s Russ Niles the crushing penalties may actually help Bombardier.

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