cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59531886
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian aircraft and says his administration will “decertify” those planes, mentioning a series of jets by aerospace company Bombardier by name.
In a post on his social media site, Truth Social, Trump justified his latest trade war escalation by accusing Ottawa of blocking the certification of a series of jets made by U.S.-based Gulfstream.
“Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700 and 800 Jets, one of the greatest, most technologically advanced airplanes ever made, we are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada, until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified,” the president wrote.
“Canada is effectively prohibiting the sale of Gulfstream products in Canada through this very same certification process. If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50% Tariff on any and all Aircraft sold into the United States of America.”
It is unclear what he means by “decertifying” the planes, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), run by a Trump appointee, is responsible for certifying aircraft to operate in U.S. airspace.
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It would be hilarious if he actually got the FAA to “decertify” them and shut down half the air traffic in the US, lol.
You know I still wonder whether or not Trump actually knows how tariffs work. Sometimes it seems like he’s grasped it and then he says “I am going to charge Canada a 50% tariff”, sorry “Tariff”, and I wonder, does he understand that he’s charging American companies and not Canada and he’s just saying it that way to convince his base who doesn’t understand it, or does he really not understand?
Bring it, asshole.
Bombardier get decertified, all of their Dash-8/Q-*00 get grounded.
That is a stunning number of planes flown by US airlines.
Meanwhile, there’s a fair chance that “not US” will be enough to convince a lot of global purchasers of business and small commuter jets to buy Bombardier over Gulfstream.
The Canadian government should immediately stop all shipments of any gastop products to the U.S. for their military and civilian airlines. Their airlines would quickly be grounded and out of service.
You know, for Canadian national security.
I have no objections.
Let him. Even less tourist dollars going to the usa.