EU says has lever over U.S. on opening air market
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The European Union has a lever to force the United States to open its domestic aviation market, the EU's transport chief said on Tuesday in a bid to convince skeptics to back a transatlantic air travel pact.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - The United States and the European Union have  agreed in theory to resolve a trade dispute over their national  aircraft manufacturers by halting industry subsidies.
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European Union ambassadors approved  a last-minute deal clinched on Friday with the United States on  the transfer of personal data on transatlantic air passengers  to U.S. authorities to help combat terrorism, an EU presidency  spokesman said.
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The European Union and the United States on Wednesday struck two deals designed to ensure U.S. access to private and bank data in its war against terrorism while trying to allay European privacy concerns.
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The United States has reassured the European Union that it will continue to apply safeguards on the use of air passenger data until the two sides conclude a new agreement, an EU spokesman said on Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS  - Highlighting a more conciliatory mood since President Bush was re-elected, the United States and the European Union agreed Tuesday to try to settle amicably a decades-old trade dispute over billions of dollars in subsidies to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing.
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European Union ambassadors approved a last-minute deal clinched on Friday with the United States on the transfer of personal data on transatlantic air passengers to U.S. authorities to help combat terrorism, an EU presidency spokesman said.
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The European Union and the United States exchanged blows again on Friday over a transatlantic aircraft pact, sharpening a trade row and calling into question funding for the world's top aircraft makers.
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EU capitals gave initial backing on Friday to a deal to supply U.S. authorities with data on transatlantic air passengers for use in terror probes pending final approval in some national parliaments, diplomats said.
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EU and U.S. negotiators made "decisive progress" in talks aimed at lifting restrictions on what trans-Atlantic routes airlines can offer, the European Union said Friday.
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The European Union is set to yield to U.S. demands to give law enforcement agencies easier access to transatlantic air passenger data to clinch a deal by the end of the week, EU diplomats said on Wednesday.
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EU states on Friday gave preliminary backing to an accord to supply U.S. agencies with data on transatlantic air passengers for use in terror probes, but some said they needed to clear final reservations in their national parliaments, EU diplomats said.
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Fierce competition between giant aircraft makers, Boeing and Airbus, has been heating up. The US government and the European Union have both stepped in to boost their prospects.
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The United States and the European  Union averted a legal clash over rivals Airbus and Boeing on  Tuesday, agreeing to talks on eliminating billions of dollars  in subsidies to the world's top two plane makers.
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The European Union has a lever to force the United States to open its domestic aviation market because it can suspend an "open skies" deal with Washington in 2010 a second-stage agreement is not reached, the EU's transport chief said on Tuesday.
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The plan would have given European airlines more freedom to invest in American airlines and to participate in management decisions.
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EU ministers are poised to agree a deal on aviation that would see aircraft emissions continue to rise.