The boss of Ryanair has threatened to cancel orders with American aircraft maker Boeing and buy from Chinese manufacturers instead if Donald Trump’s trade tariffs push up costs.

https://archive.ph/oWJ8U

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    warned against placing orders with Comac, arguing that it had close ties to the Chinese military and had likely benefited from intellectual property theft.

    Just like Boeing then…
    It always boils down to “B-But we are the good guys so buying from our military contractors is no an issue at all”

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      When Michael O’Leary has a chance to save money, he definitely doesn’t give a fuck about your military industrial complex and its intellectual property.

      Fun fact: he supposedly turned down the chance to host The Apprentice, because he’s actually capable of running a business instead.