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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10172
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade

Blighted by US complaint against aid to Airbus, EU awaits WTO ruling on Boeing in order to counter-attack

Brussels, 01/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - The final verdict of the WTO special dispute settlement body (DSB) responsible for handling the United States' complaint against Airbus subsidies (DS 316), delivered on Wednesday 30 June, considers certain government subsidies granted during 20 years to the European aircraft company as illegal, thus largely ruling in the complainant's favour. Speaking on behalf of the EU, somewhat hurt by this first final verdict on the most complex dossier handled by...

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