Originally Posted by
jonnyjetprop
You also forget that that many aircraft sales are based on the manufactor using the local industry.
That's true. There are tools in place in many industries to protect domestic business. One of which is Local Content Requirement (LCR). A certain percentage is stipulated and is often exceeded.
In the case of the US aviation industry, foreign markets account for the
vast majority of aircraft sales and the B787 is no exception.
Few complain when foreign firms build factories in the US and there's no shortage of FDI inlows into the US!
Al