Aircraft not included in President Trump’s global tariffnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Feb 26 0President Donald Trump has not included commercial aircraft and aircraft parts in his 15% Global Tariff. The 15% Tariff will run for 150 days and… Read more
Court stops the tariffs but may not stop President Topinion Alasdair Whyte 23 Feb 26 0Tariffs really are the news story that keeps giving. Just when you thought things were settling down, the Supreme Court ruled last week that the… Read more
Swiss watch tariff clockopinion Alasdair Whyte 24 Nov 25 0Psychologists pretend to be nice people. But if they are, how come so many psychological experiments are fundamentally cruel? Take the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, which… Read more
Tariff brain rotopinion Alasdair Whyte 29 Sep 25 0Dictionaries like to announce their words of the year. In 2024 the Oxford English Dictionary chose ‘brain rot’. Dictionary.com went with ‘Midwest nice’’ and Collins Dictionary with… Read more
NBAA welcomes zero tariff deal with EU for aerospace productsnews Yves Le Marquand 25 Sep 25 0The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) said it “applauds” the publication of guidance on the recent trade agreement between the US and EU. The White… Read more
Pilatus pauses Swiss roll in USopinion Alasdair Whyte 16 Aug 25 0Aviation journalists love writing about Pilatus because you can throw in as many clichés as private bankers in Zug. Pilatus aircraft are as precise as… Read more
Pilatus puts temporary halt on US aircraft deliveriesnews Yves Le Marquand 12 Aug 25 0Pilatus is “temporarily” halting deliveries of its PC-12 and PC-24 aircraft to the US. The Swiss aircraft manufacturer says new US tariffs, set at 39%,… Read more
Markets no longer tariff-iedopinion Alasdair Whyte 4 Aug 25 0You can blame Baron Julius Reuter for today’s 24-hour news. He started it all in 1850 when he bought some racing pigeons. Every morning a… Read more
Dassault chief supportive of EU and US trade dealnews Yves Le Marquand 30 Jul 25 0Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier expressed his support for the agreement reached between the European Union and the United States on the issue of customs… Read more
Tariff warsopinion Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 25 0It is important to put trade wars into perspective. In 1839 the British fought a bloody war with China about tariffs. The British East India… Read more
Potential impact of new tariffs on business aviationopinion CJI Expert 14 Mar 25 0The article was written on 11th March 2025. Though the 25% tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Canadian- and Mexican-origin products on March 4, 2025,… Read more
Tough talk on tariffsopinion Alasdair Whyte 13 Mar 25 0When President Hoover introduced the so-called Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930 there was absolutely no impact on business jet imports. Hoover did not use social… Read more
Briefing: How US tariffs affect business aviationnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Mar 25 0Last update: 13th March 2025. The industry consensus* on aircraft transactions: The US has says that it will introduce 25% tariffs on many Mexican and… Read more
The What the Heck of the Trump Administration Canadian Tariffs for business aviationopinion Alasdair Whyte 13 Mar 25 0Opinion piece from Paul Jebely, partner and vice chair, international, Sterlington Law – 13th March, 2025 “There’s something happening here, but what it is ain’t… Read more
How tariffs will affect business jet transactionsnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Mar 25 0The new tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports into the US will affect many aircraft transactions. On Friday March 7, Corporate Jet Investor is running… Read more
Trump thy neighbouropinion Alasdair Whyte 2 Dec 24 0“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff… Read more
