Faced with Washington's threat to hit the EU with "firm measures" and Paris with record customs duties, the Commission insisted that Europeans remain united.
The report, published on Monday 2 December by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (see EUROPE B12381A16) and claiming that the EU has not brought its subsidies to Airbus into line with its rules, dealt a severe blow to the EU and brought grist to the Washington mill. At the end of this long transatlantic conflict, any hope that American...