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British PM slams Boeing for undermining partnership

The U.S.'s Department of Commerce is slapping an almost 220 percent tariff on Bombardier's C series aircraft, which threatens more than 4,000 jobs in Northern Ireland.
A picture taken at Zurich Airport on July 6, 2016 during a media presentation shows the Swiss International Air Lines' new Bombardier CS 100 passenger jetliner. Swiss International Air Lines' new Bombardier CS 100 jetliner is the first rolled out aircraft of the Canadian Bombardier Commercial Aircraft's new jetliner C-Series aircrafts. / AFP / MICHAEL BUHOLZER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images)

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May has lambasted the behavior of Boeing after it complained that Canadian rival Bombardier used unfair government subsidies to sell planes at artificially low prices.

Addressing a conference in London, May said Thursday that Boeing's behavior "is not the sort of behavior we expect from a long-term partner" and that it "undermines that partnership."

The government has many dealings with Boeing, particularly in defense.

May's comment follows the preliminary decision by the U.S.'s Department of Commerce to slap an almost 220 percent tariff on Bombardier's C series aircraft, which threatens more than 4,000 jobs in Northern Ireland.

May said she was working with the Canadian government and leaders in Norther Ireland to "impress" on the U.S. government the importance of Bombardier to Northern Ireland.

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