"For decades, Bath Iron Works in Maine was a legendary builder of trawlers, freight steamers, and container ships, helping to expand U.S. exports and the global economy. Today, commercial shipbuilding by Bath Iron Works and other once-proud shipyards across the U.S. have been gutted thanks to massive and unrelenting foreign subsidies. U.S. airlines are also facing a subsidy threat, but not if the Obama administration takes immediate action.

Foreign subsidies present a real danger to U.S. airlines. Over the last decade, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have provided over $42 billion in subsidies and benefits to their state-owned airlines. Those subsidies not only distort the market, but violate the Open Skies agreements these countries signed with the United States."

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