Regulations and Government
Daher Aircraft Navigates Trump’s Tariffs
Uncertainty is keeping potential buyers and investors on the sidelines
Daher TBM 960
Daher Aircraft TBM 960 on display at the 2025 Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida © Chad Trautvetter/AIN

“Aerospace is an international business—it always has been and always will be,” Daher Aircraft CEO Nicolas Chabbert told AIN yesterday at the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo when asked about the start of widespread U.S. tariffs. “The global aerospace industry has created enormous wealth in the U.S.”

He believes the tariffs will negatively “shape” the U.S. and global economies and, by default, the business aviation market. According to Chabbert, potential aircraft buyers are mostly sitting on the sidelines right now because of uncertainty created by rapidly shifting U.S. policies. “Not one prospect will accept an increase in price. And no investor today will want to be in aerospace given the environment,” he added.