MANCHESTER, England, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Britain will fight its corner in the damaging dispute between U.S. planemaker Boeing (NYSE:BA) BA.N and Canadian rival Bombardier BBDb.TO , its trade minister said on Sunday, adding that "protectionism always ends badly".
The U.S. Department of Commerce last week imposed a 220-percent duty on Bombardier's CSeries jets, whose wings are made at a plant in Belfast, following a complaint by Boeing, which accuses Canada of unfairly subsidising Bombardier.
The trade minister, Liam Fox, told the Conservative Party's annual conference that the two companies must find a resolution.