In a move that threatens to cost major US airplane manufacturer Boeing $25 billion, the House of Representatives has tacked an amendment on to their latest spending bill which would ban all civilian aircraft sales to Iran under any circumstances.
Though the Congressmen pushing the bill presenting it as aimed at presenting Iran from acquiring aircraft ‘for military purposes,’ the amendment forbade the Office of Foreign Asset Control to license any sales of any aircraft.
This post was published at David Stockmans Contra Corner on Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com ‘ July 12, 2016.
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