MONTREAL — Analysts say a threatened U.S. ban on Bombardier’s business jet sales would damage the American aerospace industry as well as Canada’s.
As part of a spate of social media posts about Canada on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he would bar the Montreal-based plane maker’s business south of the border unless it moved its operations stateside.
Bombardier and analysts point out that it already employs about 3,500 workers in Kansas, Texas, California and other states, with its defence segment headquartered in Wichita, Kan.
The company says its supply chain draws on some 2,800 American companies across 47 states, with each of its planes featuring at least 40 per cent U.S. content.
National Bank analyst Cameron Doerksen says the company’s large U.S. customer base also means a ban on sales would be “massively disruptive” to the many American jet fleet operators awaiting Bombardier deliveries.
Trump’s threat came hours before Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods took effect just after midnight on Tuesday, a response to the 50 per cent duties Washington hit Canada with last month.
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Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 8, 2026.
