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

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    It’s a cost/risk calculation. It can still be cheaper to buy the dangerous planes as long as the lawsuits cost less than the savings.

    • bluegreenwookie@bookwormstory.social
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      20 hours ago

      Yeah sadly this is the case. Plenty of large corporations break regulations and write of fines as a cost of operations. Same with lawsuits.