Wednesday, September 27, 2017

UK 'BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED' OVER US BOMBARDIER TARIFF

UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she's 'bitterly disappointed' after the US Department of Commerce slapped a huge interim tariff on the import of Bombardier jets to the US.

It's part of a dispute that saw US rival Boeing claim Bombardier was receiving unfair state subsidies from the UK and Canada.

Bombardier says the ruling is 'absurd'.

It's one of the biggest employers in Northern Ireland.

Noel Gibson works in the company's Belfast factory.

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Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire says it's an issue Theresa May has tried to broach with US President Donald Trump.

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