Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold to U.S.
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Trump said the U.S. will decertify Bombardier Global Express business jets 'and all aircraft made in Canada' until Canada certifies Gulfstream's series of business jets.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will slap a 50 per cent tariff on all aircraft sold into the United States from Canada unless the country “immediately” certifies business jets made by American planemaker Gulfstream.
Trump wrote in his Truth Social post that the U.S. will decertify Bombardier Global Express jets “and all aircraft made in Canada” until the issue is resolved.
“Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets, one of the greatest, most technologically advanced airplanes ever made, we are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada, until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified, as it should have been many years ago,” Trump wrote.
“Further, Canada is effectively prohibiting the sale of Gulfstream products in Canada through this very same certification process. If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50% Tariff on any and all Aircraft sold into the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Global News has reached out to Transport Canada and Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon’s office for comment on Trump’s statement. Requests for comment to Bombardier and Gulfstream were not immediately returned.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy shared Trump’s post on X with emojis of two planes and an American flag, without further comment. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did not immediately comment.
Decertification of an aircraft by a national regulator like the FAA would make it unable to legally fly in that particular country.
Thousands of Quebec-based Bombardier’s business jets operate in the U.S., and its recently-divested CRJ passenger jets are operated by several regional American airlines. Bombardier also developed the narrow-body commercial airliner now known as the Airbus A220, which is widely used by Delta Airlines and Jet Blue.
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