President Trump moved Monday to bar Bombardier from selling in the US. In a Truth Social post on 7 September 2026 he wrote 'NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!' and told the Canadian planemaker to build in America 'if they want our Market.' Canada's retaliatory tariffs on some C$27.6 billion of US goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. on 8 September. Civil aircraft are not on Ottawa's counter-tariff list.
Bombardier issued a formal statement the same evening at 20:43 ET. The company said it employed workers across more than 20 US states and spent over $2.5 billion each year with roughly 2,800 US suppliers across 47 states. Wings for the group's fastest business jet are built in Red Oak, Texas. Flight-control components come from the Los Angeles area. A new service centre in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is due to open later in 2026 as part of a wider US network and defence build-out.
Political opposition surfaced quickly. Senator Jerry Moran (Republican, Kansas) objected in public, citing Bombardier's Wichita workforce of more than a thousand and its contribution to US defence and aerospace capability. He said he had contacted the administration to raise the point.
For US owners no operational or delivery block is in force today. The Truth Social post carries no executive order and no tariff mechanism specific to Canadian-built business jets. Bombardier's US-registered fleet continues to fly. Its US service network continues to operate. A formal ban would require executive action or legislation.
Prospective buyers of a Global or Challenger should factor policy risk into contract terms and delivery timing. Existing owners face no immediate change in service access. The dispute is expected to run through the autumn as the wider US-Canada trade escalation plays out.
Source: Bombardier statement, 7 September 2026 (via GlobeNewswire); Forbes, 7 September 2026 (Sara Dorn); NBC News, 7 September 2026; Government of Canada, counter-tariff list effective 8 September 2026.