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Mobile, Alabama (CNN)Just three years after Airbus broke ground on its Mobile, Alabama, factory, the company has reached a major milestone, delivering its first ever airliner assembled in the U.S.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/26/aviation/airbus-first-plane-built-assembled-us-alabama-delivered-jetblue/

According to Trump this should never have been built in the US. He is a protectionist.

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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2016, 09:23:08 pm »
Probably employs thousands

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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2016, 09:32:36 pm »
Nissan alone probably employs more than 15,000 in TN and Canton MS

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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2016, 09:33:47 pm »
Nissan alone probably employs more than 15,000 in TN and Canton MS

Trump puts up a trade barrier, so will Japan, Europe, etc. who employ thousands in the US. The foreign companies will pull out.

Smoot-Hawley all over again.