Trump demands Bombardier manufacture planes in US or face sales ban
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US President Donald Trump declared that Bombardier must manufacture its planes in the United States to continue selling in the US market, accusing the Canadian aerospace company of treating America like a 'piggybank' and citing over 50% of its revenue coming from American buyers.
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Why It Matters
Trump has previously targeted Bombardier with threats to decertify its jets and impose 50% tariffs, and has imposed tariffs on various Canadian products, prompting retaliatory actions, amid ongoing trade tensions between the US and Canada.
United States President Donald Trump has said that Canada-based aeroplane maker Bombardier can no longer sell in the US unless they start manufacturing their planes in the United States.
“NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough!” Trump said on Monday in a social media post. “If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank’.”
Trump’s comments come as tensions flare once again between the US and Canada, which have historically had tight relations. Trump has imposed a series of tariffs on Canadian products, prompting retaliatory actions.
This is not the first time the US president has targeted Bombardier since returning to office in 2025.
Shares of Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier plunged in January after Trump threatened to decertify the private jet maker’s large-cabin planes and slap 50 percent import tariffs on new planes until Canada certified the latest aircraft produced by US rival Gulfstream.
“Over 50% of their revenue comes from the United States — They live off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service,” Trump said on Monday. “Canada blocks our GREAT American Banks, and Companies, throughout the USA. They even blocked Gulfstream Aerospace from doing business in Canada — Completely unjust and unfair! That Era is OVER!”
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Bombardier will announce plans to increase or shift manufacturing to the United States to avoid sales restrictions
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Whether Bombardier will comply with the demand to shift manufacturing to the US
- How Canada will respond to this latest threat
- Whether the US will implement concrete measures to block Bombardier sales
