Trump threatens to ban Bombardier from U.S. sales, require it to produce in the U.S.

China News Service, September 8. U.S. President Trump posted a message on social media on the 7th local time, threatening to ban Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling in the United States unless the company starts production in the United States.

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Trump reportedly wrote that Bombardier would no longer be allowed to sell in the United States and that their products were "not good enough."

Trump also claimed that Bombardier "generates more than 50% of its operating income from the United States and relies on American buyers, American companies, American airports and American services to survive," while Canada blocks American banks and companies and prevents the American Gulfstream Aerospace Company from doing business in Canada.

Trump said that this completely "unjust and unfair" era is over and "if Bombardier wants the U.S. market, it must produce in the United States."

For several months, trade disputes between the United States and Canada have continued. At the end of January, Trump threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian aircraft exported to the United States and withdraw the certification of Bombardier's Global Express series aircraft and the certification of all aircraft manufactured in Canada, citing Canada's failure to issue licenses for many U.S. Gulfstream aircraft.

The Trump administration has imposed a 50% tariff on hundreds of specific goods imported from Canada, including red wine and cement, starting on August 22. The Canadian government subsequently announced "equal and reciprocal" countermeasures against the United States, and would impose additional counter-tariffs on more than 700 U.S. goods worth approximately US$20 billion starting from September 8.