Canada approves latest Gulfstream business jets after Trump tariff threat
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Canadian regulators have given the thumbs-up to Gulfstream’s latest business jets, less than a month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs over the planes’ status north of the border.
Transport Canada certified the Georgia-based company’s G700 and G800 jets on Monday, according to a departmental document, eight days after green-lighting two older Gulfstream models.
Trump warned last month he would decertify and place tariffs on all Canadian-made planes unless the government approved the four Gulfstream luxury aircraft, marking the latest escalation of trade tensions between the two countries.
The go-ahead from Transport Canada comes despite de-icing concerns flagged by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which has granted the G700 and G800 conditional certification.
The FAA said Gulfstream, owned by General Dynamics, has until the end of this year to prove that the two plane types function “properly under the probable operating conditions where ice may form in the fuel system,” according to a temporary exemption granted in 2024.
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