WHY BOEING FEARS THE C-SERIES.
It sure doesn't look scary... [Note: Sorry to dwell on the Boeing/Bombardier dispute instead of jet fighters... But what is happening with the C-Series will have lasting repercussions to Canada's aerospace industry. The Federal government's response to cancel its plans for an interim Super Hornet not only shakes up Canada's upcoming fighter competition, it puts the entire thing in a blender. This point in history will be remembered as a pivotal moment for Canadians, right up there with the cancellation of the Avro Arrow.] Bombardier got hit with another tariff this past week. The US Commerce Department imposed an 80% anti-dumping tariff on the CS100. This is in addition to the 220% "countervailing" tariffs imposed the week before by the same office . These tariffs come at the behest of Boeing; which accuses Bombardier of both receiving unfair government subsidies and selling the CS100 at below market prices in order to gain ma...