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Phil1111 · 09-27-2017, 07:25 PM

This is all about Boeing playing hardball. It likely wont be finally resolved before 2018.

"He also noted the irony of Boeing suing anyone over government assistance — when it's the No. 1 recipient of government support through the U.S. Export-Import Bank, referred to jokingly in Washington as, "the Bank of Boeing."
"Boeing is very much at the trough," Ikenson said."...

Proving that its business was harmed by the Bombardier-Delta deal will be hard, Dan Pearson of the Cato Institute said, because Boeing didn't have any suitable jets to bid on the deal at the time.
"This (ITC case) cannot be a slam dunk," the former ITC chairman said. "I'm having a hard time figuring out how Boeing was harmed by this."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/boei...dier-1.4309000

09-27-2017, 07:25 PM	#45
Phil1111 Farm Team Player Join Date: Sep 2017 Exp:	This is all about Boeing playing hardball. It likely wont be finally resolved before 2018. "He also noted the irony of Boeing suing anyone over government assistance — when it's the No. 1 recipient of government support through the U.S. Export-Import Bank, referred to jokingly in Washington as, "the Bank of Boeing." "Boeing is very much at the trough," Ikenson said."... Proving that its business was harmed by the Bombardier-Delta deal will be hard, Dan Pearson of the Cato Institute said, because Boeing didn't have any suitable jets to bid on the deal at the time. "This (ITC case) cannot be a slam dunk," the former ITC chairman said. "I'm having a hard time figuring out how Boeing was harmed by this." http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/boei...dier-1.4309000 Last edited by Phil1111; 09-28-2017 at 06:58 AM.