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Bombardier Expands U.S. Hiring Despite Trump Threats
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In Short: Bombardier, a Canada-based aircraft manufacturer, is hiring 500 new workers in the U.S., despite President Trump's threats to restrict the company's operations, according to reports.
Bombardier, a Canada-based aircraft manufacturer, is hiring 500 new workers in the U.S., despite President Trump's threats to restrict the company's operations, according to reports. The jobs will include positions at a new service centre in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is set to open in mid-November, Bombardier said.
In a statement, Bombardier noted that it already employs 3,500 people in the U.S. and builds its products in the country, including wings made in Texas and flight control components made in California. Kansas Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall, representing a state where Bombardier has its U.S. headquarters, pushed back against Trump's criticism of the company.
On Monday, Trump criticized the Canadian company, threatening to block sales of its products in the U.S. However, Bombardier planes are still able to be delivered to U.S. customers despite Trump's threat to ban the Montreal-based company from the market amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada, according to industry sources.
Republican lawmakers from Trump's own party have weighed in to defend Bombardier, with Kansas Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall reaching out to the White House to make certain the president is aware of the significant contributions of Bombardier to Kansas. The company's supply chain includes about 2,800 U.S. companies in 47 states, it said.
What's confirmed
- Canada-based aircraft manufacturer Bombardier said it is hiring 500 new workers in the United States, even as US President Donald Trump threatens to place restrictions on the company, claiming it lacks a substantial footprint in the country.
- A White House official said the Trump administration is preparing options and actions on Bombardier, the Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday.
What's still developing
- “I will continue working to see that Bombardier’s manufacturing operations not only remain in Kansas but continue to grow and create American jobs,” Moran wrote on X on Monday.
- MONTREAL/WASHINGTON — Bombardier is continuing to recruit American workers to fill 500 open jobs in the U.S., the Canadian private jet maker told Reuters on Wednesday, even as it faces threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to ban its planes from the U.S. market.
- Trump agreed last year to reinstate a multi-decade deal that places tariff-free status on airplanes and components.
- "Bombardier’s American workers are based all around the United States with sites in Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware, California, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey, as well as overall direct employment presence in more than 20 states," Bombardier said in a statement.
- The Washington Post reported Sept. 8 that it was not immediately clear how the administration would restrict sales, while Reuters reported that Trump's earlier threats to decertify Bombardier aircraft and impose 50% tariffs on Canadian-made aircraft were not implemented.