Aircraft
Brazil Launches WTO Complaint Over C Series Support
Claims Bombardier benefitted from more than $4 billion in illegal subsidies
The Bombardier C Series CS300 recently entered service with its launch customer, Air Baltic. (Photo: Bombardier)
The Bombardier C Series CS300 recently entered service with its launch customer, Air Baltic. (Photo: Bombardier)

Brazil’s Council of Ministers of the Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex) confirmed it has authorized the opening of a dispute settlement procedure against Canada at the World Trade Organization in response to what it characterizes as state subsidies to Bombardier. The Brazilian authorities cited a $2.5 billion injection of provincial funds by the government in Quebec during 2016 alone and “indications” that the Canadian federal government plans soon to contribute significant capital to ensure artificially low prices for the C Series narrowbody. All told, Brazil claims that Bombardier has received more than $4 billion worth of illegal subsidies from Canada.