The bigger issue with Boeing is their contract with China to build a state of the art manufacturing facility in China to produce state of the art aircraft surrendering production technology and American jobs. Hope Trump makes it very uncomfortable for them because now Mcdonnell Douglas wants to off shore all F-16 production to India. National Security implications as well as jobs.
If boeing and McDonnell douglas want to offshore to china and india, fine.
But both companies will be taken off of the US government contractor list, and all of their products, military and commercial, will be banned for use in the US.
You want to deal with communists? This is the price that you’ll pay.
You blame Boeing for Chinese laws requiring at least part of the manufacturing take place on Chinese soil? They want to sell China planes. I blame the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations for not putting in place at least an equalizing law on Chinese made goods. As Trump has said multiple times, China is killing us on trade with laws like this.
Does McDonnell Douglas even produce the F-16 for the U.S. military anymore?
That's why the Japanese have an aviation museum of failed attempts at muscling in on US aviation.
High level US manufacturing and integration skills.
Lockheed owns the F-16, not Douglas (which is now owned by Boeing). By the way, these companies cannot go off on their own and set-up contracts with foreign countries on their own. Especially with anything near current technology involved. Everything is scrutinized by the government and approval/denial starts there.