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WTO Finds EU Subsidies for
Airbus A380 Illegal
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According to the Wall Street Journal BY JOHN W. MILLER, dated September 4th, 2009, he reported that The World Trade Organization ruled Friday that Europe's Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co., had received illegal subsidies from European Union governments, according to a person familiar with the matter. In its interim decision on the case, the WTO said that every launch aid package given for the A380 passenger jet was an illegal subsidy. --------------- It is already well known and reported by the media: include the menu printing in May 2005 that The shot that may launch history's largest trade war was fired quietly enough: In a menu card at the British Aeronautical Society's annual banquet Wednesday night, Airbus SAS announced it has applied for government support in launching its newest plane, the A350 which was threatening the new 787 Dreamliner--could break the uneasy cease-fire that has held between the U.S. and the European Union since face-to-face talks broke down in April 2005. On June 13, 2005, the U.S. and E.U. blocked each other’s requests for the formation of a World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel to rule on the legality of E.U. subsidies to the Airbus A350/380 projects and U.S. subsidies to the Boeing 787 project. See the Following Launch Aid By Plane from European Union: via 2006 media search
The following table will show the comparison between Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350XWB concept:
Boeing have tried many different ways to work peaceful manner with the Airbus and try to communicate this matter although the Boeing had difficult times in which they were self-inflicted: It suffered from work stoppages, production shutdowns and indecision about launching new airplanes during 1991. Boeing Company has been more hurt when Boeing did not win the KC-45A contract. The communities and the tax payers were relying on a big major company like the Boeing Company. The KC 767/777 tankers would made Amerian jobs more than nine thousands jobs and global partners and suppliers would actively work and expend the financial support around the world. Well, as soon as a big contract canceled for the Boeing Company, the Boeing had to let go (lay off) more than 10,000 people for Boeing Employees. Now the ripple action increased for the recession became the worst economic crisis and for the global economic crises got into worse. Many have thought that the Boeing would receive the fair treat on this case with taking care of the illegal subsidies by Airbus but, the worst case created for U.S and international suppliers and partners further more global economic crisis....... It is already 21 century is near and this unharmonized global crisis has to stop: unfair subsidies will creat the global crises worse and worse. It is important that we make fair trade for the finance institutions and bank industries to create manageable environment for their businesses and support in order to recover the global crisis as fast as we can. According to the Foxnews dated September 4th, 2009, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, who flew to New Delhi on an Embraer jet, said that "Of course we will be very interested because it may affect the way others operate," Embraer and its Canadian rival Bombardier were also embroiled in years of WTO litigation over aircraft subsidies. It is expected in six months, represent the biggest and most commercially significant dispute in WTO history.
Resources: The Wall Street Journal "SKY Wars Europe Vs. America " via other media and catch4all.com dated Jan. 7, 2006 Canada Mondaq International Law dated 07 September 2005 (Blakes Bulletin on International Trade, July 2005 ) US Marshall Plan funds to Subsidize A350:dated Sat May 21 2005 Chicago News Tribune, May 2005 wikipedia |
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