Bombardier wins fight against huge tariffs on aircraft imports

Defeat for Trump administration could save thousands of jobs at company’s Belfast operation

Thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland appear to have been saved after plane maker Bombardier won a legal battle in the US that has overturned damaging import tariffs on its C-series aircraft.

On Friday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously against Boeing in favour of its Canadian rival Bombardier after Donald Trump’s administration had threatened to impose duties of 292%.

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