EXTERNAL ACTION / United states

For Washington, no negotiated solution without terminating European subsidies for Airbus

Brussels, 14/10/2019 (Agence Europe)

For Washington, the only possible negotiated solution in the Airbus dispute can only be related to the termination of the subsidies granted to the European company, US ambassador Dennis Shea recalled at a special meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), on October 14 in Geneva.

At this meeting, WTO members officially gave their green light to the US request to impose additional custom tariffs on European products (see EUROPE B12339A13) as part of the...