US files WTO case vs EU for Airbus subsidies
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WASHINGTON (AFX) -- The US has filed a case with the World Trade Organization alleging that the European Union provides unfair government funding to Airbus, United States Trade Representative Robert Zoellick announced Wednesday.
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The United States said it was filing a complaint against the European Union before the World Trade Organization, arguing that inconsistencies in EU customs rules hinder US exports.
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Washington, Oct 2 (PTI) The United States and Europe are locked up in a battle over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, with America threatening to take up the matter with the WTO if Europeans do not stop subsidising Airbus.
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US President George W. Bush warned that the United States may bring WTO action in September against Airbus Industrie, citing "unfair" government subsidies to the European aircraft maker.
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The European Union on Thursday demanded Washington explain more clearly how it subsidizes Boeing Co. and said any US challenge targeting EU rival Airbus Industrie before the World Trade Organization would be countered.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Escalating a long simmering spat, the United States filed a World Trade Organization compliant Wednesday, seeking to end European subsidies to Airbus, Boeing&#39;s top rival in making airplanes.
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The EU claims US subsidies for American aircraft maker Boeing have cost Europe's Airbus $27bn.
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The United States said on Tuesday it may soon take legal action in a trade row over government help for Airbus and Boeing, particularly as the European aircraft maker was seeking support for a new project. Washington and Brussels have so far resisted launching legal action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in their battle over allegations of illegal subsidies to the aviation rivals, but that option may now be just weeks away.
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Two of US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick&#39;s top aides are in Brussels today meeting with their European Union counterparts trying to put an end to what the US claims are unfair subsidies to Airbus Industries.
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The United States bristled on Friday at an Airbus plan to ask for up to 1 billion euros in European government loans to develop a new plane despite US complaints that the &quot;launch aid&quot; violates world trade rules.
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A bitter row between America and the European Union over alleged subsidies to rival aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus intensified yesterday.
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PARIS, Dec 7  - The United States wants rapid progress in resolving a dispute with the European Union on public aid to rival aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus, and will call for World Trade Organisation mediation if US-EU talks do not produce results
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The Bush administration, under pressure from a Democratic-controlled Congress to do something about America's soaring trade deficit, filed a trade case Friday against China in a dispute involving government subsidies.
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PARIS Aircraft maker Airbus is attacking a US decision to file a World Trade Organization complaint over subsidies Airbus. Airbus today says the US complaint shows that Washington is unwilling to negotiate
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The European Commission said Wednesday it will seek consultations with the United States at the World Trade Organisation in response to US action over state aid for the European aircraft maker Airbus.
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Airbus reacted forcefully to a US complaint filed with the World Trade Organisation about European state aid for the European aircraft manufacturer, saying Washington's move underscored rival Boeing's dependence on &quot;WTO-incompatible subsidies&quot;.
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WASHINGTON  - U.S. trade authorities said Wednesday they will file a complaint against the European Union to the World Trade Organization, contesting what they regard as billions of dollars in unfair subsidies provided to aircraft company Airbus by European governments.