In a verdict published on Monday 28 November, the special WTO panel in charge of the arbitration involving the EU appeal against Washington state subsidies to the US aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, for building the large 777X (DS 487) aircraft, judged that one of the conditional tax incentive programmes targeted by the complaint is unlawful and fails to comply with WTO rules.
The verdict highlights the fact that, “The Panel has found that the European Union has demonstrated that the B&O...