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JetBlue comes out against duties on Bombardier, says Embraer would gain an advantage

September 25, 2017 at 1:17 PM
U.S. airline company JetBlue is opposing potential antidumping and countervailing duties the U.S. could levy on Canada’s Bombardier, arguing the duties could undermine JetBlue, raise ticket costs for American fliers and help Brazil’s Embraer. “Imposing tariffs on the C Series would potentially benefit Embraer, not Boeing or the U.S. aerospace industry, and tariffs would burden Americans with higher airfares, less innovative aircraft and reduced competition,” JetBlue President and CEO Robin Hayes wrote in a Sept. 24 letter to the chair...


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