Finance: Bombardier scores shocking victory over Boeing in trade dispute involving Delta jets (BA)

The International Trade Commision votes in favor of Bombardier.

The International Trade Commission has voted unanimously in favor of Bombardier and against Boeing's claim that the Canadian airplane maker's sale of next-generation C Series airlines to Delta damaged sales of its rival 737-700.

Boeing needed just two of the four ITC commissioners to vote its way to win while Bombardier needed three. According to Flight Global's Stephen Trimble, the four ITC commissioners voted unanimously in favor of Bombardier.

Boeing filed a complaint with the US Commerce Department in April 2017 claiming that its business was harmed when Delta received unnaturally low prices on the Bombardier jets made possible only through Canadian government subsidies.

In October, the US Department of Commerce recommended a 300% tariff on US-bound Bombardier C Series jets.

However, Bombardier and Delta have both argued that the 737-700 is a significantly larger aircraft than the CS100 jets ordered by Delta, and thus does not compete in the same market segment. As a result, there could not have been and will not be harmful to Boeing.

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