President Donald Trump said Bombardier can no longer sell in the United States unless the Canadian planemaker starts building there. The demand lands hours before roughly $20 billion in Canadian retaliatory tariffs take effect on US goods, deepening a trade dispute between the two countries.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that Bombardier can no longer sell in the United States unless the Canadian aerospace manufacturer starts making its products in the country. According to CNBC: "NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!" Trump added that if Bombardier wants access to the US market, it must build there instead of "treating America like a 'piggybank'".
A market Bombardier can't easily walk away from
Bombardier, traded as TSX: BBD.B and also as BDRAF in the United States, draws more than half its revenue from American buyers, companies, airports and service contracts, according to Trump's own claim in the post. Analysts covering the company forecast full-year 2026 revenue at approximately $10.2 billion, putting roughly $5 billion in annual sales at risk if the ban takes hold. Bombardier had not responded to a request for comment as of Monday afternoon.
An escalating pattern with Gulfstream at its center
This is not the first time Trump has targeted Bombardier over aircraft certification. In January, he threatened to decertify Bombardier's Global Express jets and impose 50% tariffs on Canadian-built aircraft, though neither measure was carried out.
Canada then certified several Gulfstream Aerospace planes in February 2026, a move Trump credited to his pressure campaign, saying at the White House on September 2 that Gulfstream got certified within two hours of his tariff threat. He also said a personal acquaintance had spent $60 million over nine years pursuing Canadian certification for Gulfstream before the breakthrough.
Tariffs set to hit at midnight
The threat arrives on the eve of Canadian retaliation. Ottawa announced about $20 billion of retaliatory tariffs on more than 700 US goods on August 25, meant to mirror the scale of Trump's own 50% tariffs on Canadian wine, cement and hockey sticks. Separately, Canada's counter-tariffs covering $27.6 billion of US goods, carrying rates between 15% and 50% on products including steel, dairy and wood, are set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC that Canada blew up a nearly complete trade deal for political reasons only, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada would resume talks when the Americans are ready. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CBC News that Washington will not just sit down and take further retaliation from Canada.
The Prime Minister's Office confirmed no talks between Carney and Trump were scheduled for Monday, and no White House or Commerce Department mechanism for enforcing a Bombardier sales ban has been specified publicly.
Sources: CNBC, Investing.com
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