Opinion: Transatlantic Tensions Head For Le Bourget

Rear view of Saab GlobalEye taking off

Companies such as Saab with its Global Eye could benefit if allies are more skeptical about buying American.

Credit: Anders Bergstrand/Saab
The specter of transatlantic decoupling haunts this year’s Paris Air Show. Two upcoming events, the NATO summit in the Netherlands on June 24-25 and the Trump administration’s threatened imposition of 50% tariffs on EU imports on July 9, are casting dark foreshadowings over Paris. Those two events...
Richard Aboulafia

Contributing columnist Richard Aboulafia is managing director at Aerodynamic Advisory. He is based in Washington.

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