On: U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing

[TheLoafOfBread]

> A big loss to Boeing will be seen as a big loss to American hegemony

I mean if USA will decide to isolate itself as trend suggest, then they will lose that hegemony anyway. So at least they could have safe planes

[forkerenok → TheLoafOfBread]

Are you referring to Trump's rhetoric?

I think that would "only" affect the broader foreign policy.

My take is that arms trade is a good business (my assumption) and unprincipled foreign policy could see more indiscriminate trading taking place. I.e. the opposite effect.

[TheLoafOfBread → forkerenok]

And what's the point of having US weapons, when USA won't give you ammunition because it decided it would be escalatory? Swiss arms industry is having same problem, but there it is stemming from neutrality of Swiss government.

[forkerenok → TheLoafOfBread]

Ok, it seems you had a different angle in mind.

> Swiss arms industry is having same problem, but there it is stemming from neutrality of Swiss government.

This is interesting. Any good references to read up on the topic?

[TheLoafOfBread → forkerenok]

basically whole Gepard ammunition to Ukraine banned by Swiss, eventually manufactured by Rheinmetall

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/re-export-ban-beginnin...