Bombardier faces the prospect of being shut out of the U.S. market unless it shifts production to America, after President Donald Trump said Monday the Canadian aerospace firm must build here to keep selling in the United States. Trump posted on Truth Social, "NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a 'piggybank,'" and added that the company must build in the U.S. to continue sales.
The comments arrive as Ottawa has prepared retaliatory measures. Canada announced about $20 billion of tariffs on more than 700 U.S. goods on Aug. 25, and those measures are set to take effect Tuesday, mirroring the size of the president's recent import taxes on Canadian wine, cement, hockey sticks and other products. The tariffs are a response to a set of 50% duties the president announced after trade talks broke down.
The administration's messaging framed the dispute as driven by collapsed negotiations. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told "Squawk Box" that the Canadians "blew up" a nearly complete trade deal with the U.S., "for political reasons only." In Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his nation would resume trade talks "when the Americans are ready." Bombardier did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The immediate consequence is a sharper, more public pressure campaign on a major foreign supplier of aircraft to move production across the border. The president's demand adds a country-specific production condition to the existing tariff standoff, while scheduled retaliatory duties could raise costs for U.S. exporters of the targeted goods starting Tuesday. The dispute therefore tightens trade tensions and leaves the timeline for any resumed negotiations linked to the White House's position.
