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The Trump administration is weighing a strategy that could stop Boeing and Airbus from selling hundreds of passenger planes to Iranian airlines.
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that while options have not yet been presented to President Trump, they are expected to include prohibiting the sales, imposing restrictions that could stop any aircraft deliveries or slowing down the approval process.
Boeing and Airbus have agreed to sell nearly 300 planes to Iranian Airlines. Those sales were allowed under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, pending approval from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The nuclear deal bars Iran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for sanctions relief.
Trump disavowed the nuclear deal in October, though he did not withdraw from the agreement. He must decide by mid-January whether to extend sanctions relief for Iran. He is expected to once again say that Tehran is not complying with the deal.
Boeing and General Electric are two major U.S. companies to pursue business opportunities with Iran. Airbus, which is headquartered in France, could also be impacted by a potential ban on the sales.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/365202-trump-may-stop-boeing-and-airbus-jetliner-sales-to-iran
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)and tell Conman that there will be no Airbus plants in the US.
no_hypocrisy
(46,114 posts)Plus, then Germany gets to keep ALL the profits from the sale while America gets zilch. (Hey! 21% of zilch is 0 taxes! Trump comes through again for American business!)
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,114 posts)I had been under the impression it was a German corporation.
And the HQ for Rolls Royce is Westhampnett, England.
My bad!
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)Eugene
(61,899 posts)Sometimes more depending where it is built.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)But he got noticed in the news and that is all that counts.
rickford66
(5,523 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)We are through the freakin looking glass.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)Most of the orders are for narrow-body 737 and A320 variants.
Stopping these sales should increase the market for Irkut and Comac's 737 equivalents.