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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Heck all the major aircraft manufacturers have government (and province/state) subsidies of some sorts.
Captain, yeah Boeing was probably concerned that another stretch of the C Series would put it right into competition with the 737 MAX line (the 7 and 8 versions). With all the benefits of this being a completely new aircraft and not just new modifications to what is a very old design (737's and A320 series aircraft).
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Absolutely, but the way that Bombardier structured their Bid to Delta was pretty blatent, that's why pretty much all of the Analysts out there stated that Bombardier was going to lose this battle. The surprise was the size of the Tariff, most figured 80%, which would have still been a problem for the Delta deal.
220% is extremely punitive. I would expect that the International Trade Commission will probably agree with the American's that Bombardier was in the wrong but 220% is too punitive. But a protectionist America won't care.