Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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NBAA welcomed the latest trade agreements with the Republic of Korea and Switzerland that each exempt aircraft and parts from tariffs. These agreements follow those already in place with the European Union, Canada, Mexico, and the UK, in line with the 1979 Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
That agreement provided for a fair and tariff-free trade environment among 30 countries. Korea and Switzerland are both signatories of the agreement. Meanwhile, a 10% U.S. tariff remains in place on aircraft products from Brazil.
The Trump administration had imposed a 39% tariff on Switzerland, prompting Swiss airframer Pilatus Aircraft to place a <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2025-08-11/tariffs-force-temporary-halt-pilatus-us-deliveries">moratorium</a> on its shipments to the U.S. in August. Pilatus <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2025-11-06/pilatus-resumes-us-deliveries-despite-tariff-penalty">eased</a> that stance late last month to honor its existing commitments and handed over the first PC-12 Pro to a U.S. customer alongside a PC-24 delivery. Outside of aviation, the Swiss tariff has since been reduced to 15%.
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen credited the 1979 agreement with contributing to a $104 billion U.S. trade surplus in the aerospace sector and supporting the creation of 9.4 million jobs within the U.S. “These new agreements not only reestablish equitable trade relations with the Republic of Korea and Switzerland but also enable the aviation industry to continue its major contributions to U.S. jobs and the economy,” Bolen said.

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