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Global Trade Alert

Canada: Use of government procurement as leverage in a trade dispute over aircraft

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18 Sep 2017

In retaliation for the antidumping and countervailing duty cases that Boeing brought against Bombardier, Canada threatens to cancel purchases of fighter jets from Boeing.

 

 

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1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

28 Sep 2017

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No revocation date

Updated: 18 Sep 2017
Public procurement, nes In force

On September 18, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threatened to use government procurement practices as means of retaliation against the Boeing Company in a pair of trade-remedy disputes. At issu...

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