The Coming Boeing Bailout?
Boeing and the US government recently killed the Canadian aviation industry by putting on 300% duties on our main manufacturer because of a government bailout it received.  See:<p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-issues-final-ruling-upholds-duties-on-bombardier-c-series-planes/article37394931/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-issues...</a><p>As a result Bombardier, Canadian's only large aviation manufacturer, was sold to AirBus:<p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bombardier-sells-majority-stake-in-c-series-to-airbus/article36610340/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bombardie...</a><p>The cause was a Canadian province (equivalent to a US state) did a $1B equity investment in Bombardier in order to help it survive a tough spot -- a bailout.  Thus 300% duties were imposed on the company as a result, thus killing any potential plane sales to the US.<p>But if the US government bails out Boeing, should countries around the world also impose business destroying duties of 300% on Boeing because of the unfair government support?  Or do business destroying duties of 300% only get imposed on the aviation industries of smaller countries who do not have as much clout?