BlackArcher: agree entirely with your POV.

Crazy that Canadian taxpayer will loose more money this way than just clearing Bombardier debt (they can found some artificies)

I’m curious as to why the repayable launch investment approach (as used to finance Airbus developments) was not used. On a project such as C Series the Canadian government might have earned $100’s millions in sales royalties. Boeing might have complained but I think that this form of financing was established as being acceptable when Boeing/USA complained of Airbus receiving unfair subsidies.

A “trade war” would indeed not be a good idea. In the context of this dispute Bombardier would lose a lot in terms of US sales. US suppliers would lose a lot in terms of sales to Bombardier – I think I read that over 50% of C Series parts are sourced from USA. In the context of Boeing’s relationship with the UK MOD, that would be damaged due to Bombardier’s plant in Northern Ireland losing work. And Boeing’s chances of selling fighters to Canada would be severely damaged.

I see Boeing’s actions putting USA and Canada in a lose/lose situation. Pointless way of doings things IMO.

Quite a substantial article about US fighter prospects in Canada after the US Department of Commerce tariff announcement.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/10/08/canadian-us-super-hornet-dispute-could-spark-trade-war/

Just to get back to the question of whether this debacle will affect the prospects of Canada ordering an American Boeing fighter, I think it will have a big effect on Boeing’s prospects of winning an F/A-18 order. Not so sure what effect it will have on F-35 prospects. Could result in a larger order for F-35 in the absence of an F/A-18 order. Could result in the Canadian government re-examining the F-18 replacement program.

Any Canadians reading know what the Canadian reaction is likely to be?

But you have yet to make the link between Boeing and Delta.

No? I draw to your attention to the fact that Delta ordered a Canadian product with (I imagine) absolutely no tariffs under the NAFTA arrangement because the management of Delta saw this as the best option for new lift. Boeing (a beneficiary of extraordinary tax breaks, as I understand, from the state(s) in which it has manufacturing plants) objected to the mode of financing of Bombardier. Result: if a massive tariff is applied to C-Series aircraft imported into the USA – unexpectedly – all the time, effort and cost incurred by Delta in negotiating a deal with Bombardier will have been wasted. Much more importantly Boeing’s actions will have prevented Delta from re-equipping with metal suited to their needs ie will cost Delta an awful lot of $$$.

Has Delta released a public statement condemning Boeing for their actions? In the end Delta really doesn’t care about what Boeing does.

Forget the public statement. Refer to what I wrote above. OK, I’m British, so inclined to understatement, but I think Boeing will be off Delta’s Christmas card list for quite some time.