As Boeing Battles Bombardier, U.S. Taxpayers Get Hit Twice

The iconic American company Boeing seems simultaneously to be for and against intervention. This spring Boeing's former CEO and other U.S. business leaders convinced President Trump to give a new lease on life to the Export-Import Bank, a trade-distorting relic of crony capitalism's heyday. Just weeks later, Boeing asserted the sanctity of fair trade in allegations about Bombardier, a Canadian aircraft company.