The F-16 offset deal was once widely touted as the most significant stimulus for foreign investment, and thus economic growth, for the coming decade. But since last year, enthusiasm for it has cooled.
After months of bitter criticism from both the media and the government for its failure to meet its offset obligations, Lockheed Martin (LM) strikes back, claiming it has fallen victim to a mixture of prejudice and misunderstanding.
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http://www.wbj.pl/?command=article&id=23242&type=wbjThis sort of financing is at the moment happening very often; usually with "coalition" members. The country agrees to buy US Jets; the US Government lends them the money to do so. As part of the deal major US companies get paid to move their production to the buying nation - sidestepping EU subsidy rules, as the subsidies get paid stateside.