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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8786

16 September 2004
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states
Washington hopes for new, fundamentally different aeronautics agreement and confirms its intention to possibly take case before WTO

Brussels, 15/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - A meeting is to be held on Thursday between Peter Allgeier, US Deputy Trade Representative, and Mogens Peter Carl, Director General at DG Trade on aid granted to civilian aeronautics firms. Discussions will be on whether, or not, it is appropriate to put an end to the bilateral agreement of 1992 which governs direct and indirect aid to the benefit of Boeing and Airbus. The initial request comes from the Americans who, under pressure from Boeing, hope to...

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