On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include Cmdr. Guy “Bus” Snodgrass, USN (retired), CEO of Defense Analytics and author of the new book Holding the Line: Inside Trump’s Pentagon with Secretary Mattis and we discuss the week on world markets with “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Topics:
— The Administration’s trial ballon cease-fire in Afghanistan and America’s relationships with allies and partners
— Analysis of the Trump administrations 2021 defense budget request
— Widening coronavirus pandemic’s impact on global industrial output and economic performance
— Airbus’ 2019 financial performance and production rates
— Boeing’s 20-year, $1.5 trillion commercial aircraft and services sales projection for Southeast Asia unveiled at the Singapore Air Show
— Announcement that Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ marketing chief Randy Tinseth will retire
— Implications of the revelation that Lockheed Martin used incorrect bolts on F-35 Lightning II fighters built to date
— Follow up on prospect of US government move to block commercial aviation technology and hardware exports for Chinese jetliner projects, as well as Huawei
— US move to impose higher tariffs on Airbus commercial aircraft imports
