[Texas Lizard]

If I want a " widget " and I goto a store and can't get it,
I goto the store that has them ! If you think that anyone who wants to place an order for an American product doesn't know where to find them , well what can I say.I personaly think this is another in a string of moves this administration has made that is smart or the right thing to do.

[hattend]

How did you get that huge blank space in there?

[USMCVet]

Now that Airbus has won the largest airliner contract in decades at the Paris Airshow and Boeing didn't, does what I've said make sense to you? For the first year in history, a foreign aircraft company is selling more airliners than our firms. That will have the usual effect on American jobs...

Or do you still recommend that we stay home and wait for someone to come buy our 'widgets'?

We're not going to win business away from our competitors by hiding from them, any more than you win American security by hiding under a bed.

[DanDan]

From this morning's The Guardian:

Boeing was left reeling from another blow yesterday at the Paris airshow after Airbus swept up a $5.1bn (£3.3bn) deal from Qatar Airways for 18 new planes. On Monday, Airbus beat the US aeroplane manufacturer to a $12.5bn contract from Emirates for 41 aircraft, but only last week Qatar was saying Boeing was still in the running for this latest order.

Airbus is up 59-to-0 on Boeing at Le Bourget on firm orders. Furthermore, they've been doing it with a 30% increase of the euro and Boeing has no short term equivalent to the giant 555-seat A380 jet, which is due to enter service in 2006.