Boeing’s McNerney weighs in on tanker, WTO ruling, exports

Published 11:43 am Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney was interviewed in this video by Bloomberg.

In it, McNerney says the WTO ruling against Airbus in an illegal subsidy case will change its’ parent company EADS’ business practices over time.

U.S. companies need a level playing field worldwide to compete and ultimately, to create American jobs, he said.

“We’ve got to get the country going again,” McNerney said.

On the tanker, he says “It’s a major program, to be sure. But it doesn’t change the face of Boeing forever if we lose it. But we want to win it.”

EADS and Boeing will submit bids for the $35 billion Air Force tanker contest this Friday.