. . . .  and his irrationality will make him file for the end of NAFTA.   
      
   Heaven knows NAFTA was in need of some major "renegotiating" (see Chretien)   
   and if some think this will be the end of Canada's strong economy, think   
   again.  It should be the start of some major protectionism terms in any trade   
   agreement with any country -   
    and that includes the TPP.     
      
   Trudeau has a long way to go in touting "free trade" deals.  And a long way to   
   go in explaining why he keeps propping up Bombardier with our tax dollars   
   while the CEOs at Bombardier continue to get obscene bonuses.   
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   CBC News Posted: Jan 26, 2018 5:02 PM ET   
      
   Bombardier wins bid to overturn 292% tariffs at U.S. trade body   
      
   U.S. International Trade Commission says C Series planes do not harm U.S.   
   industry, Delta welcomes decision   
      
      
   Bombardier Inc. has won its fight against almost 300 per cent duties applied   
   to U.S. imports of its C Series aircraft.   
      
   The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday that   
   "100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft from Canada do not injure U.S.   
   industry."   
      
   Boeing had claimed it stood to suffer harm by the planes, even though aircraft   
   destined for U.S. customers are now slated to come from a new assembly line   
   near the Airbus facility in Mobile, Ala.   
      
       'Reason prevails': Quebec celebrates as Bombardier dodges sky-high U.S.   
   tariffs   
      
       U.S. hits Bombardier with almost 80% preliminary duty on CSeries aircraft   
      
   Montreal-based Bombardier needed to win support from three of four   
   commissioners to put a stop to the punitive tariffs placed on its C Series   
   aircraft, but the decision was unanimous.   
   Victory for Canada and Bombardier   
      
   It's a victory for Canada as well as Bombardier and should "put some wind in   
   the sails" of current NAFTA negotiations, said Karl Moore, an associate   
   professor of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in   
   Montreal.   
      
   It's "a great, almost stunning victory for Bombardier, given some of the   
   comments of the Trump administration and some other people, but it strikes me   
   as a very sound decision," he told CBC News.   
      
   "When you look at it as an industry analyst, this seems to be the right   
   decision — that Boeing was not hurt by the C Series and Delta's decision to   
   buy it, particularly in light of Airbus's taking over the ownership of C   
   Series and building it in    
   Alabama."   
      
   Boeing launched the trade case last April, arguing that governments in Canada   
   and Britain subsidized the plane's development and allowed Bombardier to sell   
   it at unfairly low prices.   
      
   The Department of Commerce imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties   
   totalling 292.21 per cent.   
      
   The lone U.S. customer, Delta Air Lines Inc., was originally expected to   
   receive the first of its firm order for 75 CS100 planes in the spring, but now   
   plans to wait until the aircraft are assembled in the United States.   
      
   In a final submission to the USITC, Bombardier said it expects Boeing will   
   likely respond by filing a new petition once there is a new U.S. order for the   
   C Series because it doesn't believe the Alabama line will be built.   
   Still under threat   
      
   Bombardier said the threat of a new petition makes its proposed partnership   
   with Airbus to build a U.S. full assembly line a must, regardless of how the   
   case is resolved.   
      
   Moore said Boeing still has the potential to use legal wrangling to further   
   discourage sales of the C Series, but he expects the global giant will be   
   content to grab the lion's share of the marketplace.   
      
   Bombardier called the decision "a victory for innovation, competition and the   
   rule of law."   
      
   The U.S. ITC "saw through Boeing's games," Olivier Marcil, vice-president of   
   external relations at Bombardier, said Friday in Montreal, adding that Boeing   
   does not have an aircraft that competes in the same sector of the market as C   
   Series.   
      
   He hailed the efficiency and innovative qualities of the C Series, but said it   
   is necessary to move ahead on its "strategic partnership" with Airbus. After   
   the threat of duties was removed, the company can build sales of the aircraft,   
   he added.   
      
   Delta Air Lines said it was pleased with the ruling and called the Boeing   
   complaint an "attempt to deny U.S. airlines and the U.S. travelling public"   
   access to the Bombardier C Series.   
      
   Unifor leader Jerry Dias hailed the ruling on behalf of Canadian workers, but   
   said it "leaves a lot of unanswered questions, because of course Bombardier   
   turned over the C series to Airbus to a large extent."   
      
   "There's absolutely no reason now for the C Series to be built in Mobile,   
   Alabama," he argued, adding that half the C Series-related jobs are already in   
   the U.S.    
      
      
   http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombardier-boeing-tariffs-1.4505114   
      
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