The Commerce Department moved Friday to impose an 80 percent tariff on Canadian jetliners, siding with U.S. manufacturer Boeing in a case that alleges Canadian jetmaker Bombardier is selling jets in the United States at unfairly low prices. The move comes on top of a separate preliminary 219 percent tariff decision announced last week.
If both decisions are confirmed by the U.S. International Trade Commission, a quasi-independent government agency that has the final say in such disputes, they would quadruple the price of certain Canadian jets sold in the United States, effectively shutting Bombardier out of the U.S. market. The commission’s final ruling is expected in February.
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