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Bombardier describes tariff ruling in Boeing row as 'absurd' - BBC News
Bombardier describes tariff ruling in Boeing row as 'absurd' - BBC News
Aerospace firm Bombardier has described the US Department of Commerce's preliminary ruling against it in its row with Boeing as "absurd".
An interim tariff of nearly 220% has been proposed on the import of Bombardier's C-Series jet to the US.
The Canadian company said Boeing was seeking to use US trade laws "to stifle competition".
The UK government and trade unions fear the ruling could put more than 4,000 jobs in Northern Ireland at risk.
Boeing had complained its smaller rival got unfair state subsidies from the UK and Canada, helping it win a major order.
Bombardier said in a statement that the ruling against it was "divorced from the reality about the financing of multibillion dollar aircraft programmes".
The firm said it had created a "superior aircraft" that is more efficient and comfortable but Boeing was trying to prevent "US passengers from realising these benefits, irrespective of the harm that it would cause to the US aerospace industry and the cost to airlines and consumers".
The case will now be considered by the US International Trade Commission for a final ruling in February.
An interim tariff of nearly 220% has been proposed on the import of Bombardier's C-Series jet to the US.
The Canadian company said Boeing was seeking to use US trade laws "to stifle competition".
The UK government and trade unions fear the ruling could put more than 4,000 jobs in Northern Ireland at risk.
Boeing had complained its smaller rival got unfair state subsidies from the UK and Canada, helping it win a major order.
Bombardier said in a statement that the ruling against it was "divorced from the reality about the financing of multibillion dollar aircraft programmes".
The firm said it had created a "superior aircraft" that is more efficient and comfortable but Boeing was trying to prevent "US passengers from realising these benefits, irrespective of the harm that it would cause to the US aerospace industry and the cost to airlines and consumers".
The case will now be considered by the US International Trade Commission for a final ruling in February.
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