How to circumscribe state aid to the aeronautic sector.

August 3, 2017 | 11 min. 55 sec. | Duhaime le midi (FM93) Interview (in French) with Mathieu Bédard, Economist at the […]

While all countries subsidize their aircraft industries at different levels, the Canadian sector has been making headlines recently. The massive help Bombardier has received sets a precedent, which other countries could exploit to justify heavily assisting their aerospace industries too, potentially creating a beggar-thy-neighbour dynamic. The scenario of a subsidy race in the aerospace industries of all countries is now a real possibility, unless there is a credible signal that such government intervention will be limited in the future.

How to circumscribe state aid to the aeronautic sector.

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