- Trump has stated Bombardier should not sell aircraft in the US unless built there
- Bombardier has employed workers across 10 US states
- The company has held a $465m US Air Force contract
- Bombardier has spent more than $2.5bn with US suppliers annually
- Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs on roughly 700 US products
US President Donald Trump has confirmed in a social media post that Bombardier Aerospace should not be allowed to continue selling aircraft in the US unless the Canadian manufacturer builds them in the country. Bombardier has responded that it partly already does.
The statement comes despite Bombardier continuing to employ workers across the United States with sites in Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware, California, Washington, D.C. and New Jersey.
Bombardier is reminding Trump that its aircraft create tens of thousands of US jobs through the company’s American footprint as well as within its supply chain made up of approximately 2,800 American companies across 47 states. The manufacturer’s operations in Wichita, Kansas employ more than 1,200 workers primarily focused on defence activities. The company holds a multi-year contract with the United States Air Force valued at nearly $465m. Learjet, a Bombardier subsidiary, operates an assembly line in Wichita between 1990 and 2022.
The Canadian company has added that its aircraft have been built using US-made components including engines, avionics, wings and other key systems. Trump’s threat has come as Canada and the United States have been embroiled in a new trade war with Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on roughly 700 US products recently taking effect in response to $20bn worth of tariffs imposed by Washington. In January, Trump warned that he might decertify some of the company’s business jets and threatened steep tariffs on aircraft manufactured in Canada.
