AIA asks Trump Administration for tariff delays

The AIA, the Aerospace Industries Association, has written the Trump administration asking for a delay in the implementation of tariffs.  In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, AIA commented on the section 232 national security Investigation of imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines and parts and components of those aircraft and engines.

Whatever your political leanings, and whether you like tariffs or don’t, the changing environment brought by the Trump administration have impacted the industry’s ability to accurately plan in the near term.  Tariffs are looming on aircraft components.  The looming section 232 review could bring about unanticipated impacts if tariffs are implemented.  This is due to the internationalization of the supply chain and the long-term US dominance of the aerospace sector.