The WTO has ruled in the year-long dispute over Boeing subsidies: The U.S. government had not taken all the illegal classified benefits. Also, the US government welcomed the verdict.
The USA have suffered in the dispute about subsidies for Boeing at the world trade organization (WTO), a defeat. The WTO appellate body ruled in the last instance, the US government have not taken as requested already years ago as an illegal classified benefits for the aviation group.
subsidies for the Dreamliner
in particular, subsidies for the long-airplane, Boeing 787 “Dreamliner route”. The EU had criticized an illegal promotion by the state, such that funds the space Agency, NASA, Boeing benefited from. The WTO panel gave the EU is now law, according to which this support has accelerated the completion of the “Dreamliner”.
announced How the WTO benefited Boeing of the reduction of the corporate tax is so strong that the group came in the competition for jobs with Airbus in 2013 and 2014, in Dubai, Canada and Iceland and the European rival to the damage inflicted. The European companies should be escaped by “significant sales”. How high the damage is exactly, but I can not be quantified, the WTO.
The world trade organisation had already stated in 2011 that between 1989 and 2006, fin illegal subsidies in the amount of 5.3 billion dollars to Boeing.
way for retaliatory measures in the EU
The present decision opens the way for retaliation on the part of the EU, which had initiated the case 15 years ago. It could go according to the assessment of Airbus to billions. At the same time billions of claims of Americans against the WTO, but pending that kept its part in a lawsuit against the EU because of illegal Airbus subsidies in 2018 to have the upper hand.
Boeing said, to make the judgment on appeal. The group got committed from the start of the procedure, the arrangements of the WTO to implement, it was also this time is no different.
For the “Dreamliner” have been paid according to the WTO illegal subsidies.
“A clear victory”
On both sides of the Parties welcomed the WTO ruling. “The decision is for the EU is to be welcomed, but also for their aircraft industry, and the employees,” said EU trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström.
Airbus said it was a success. “This is a clear victory for EU and Airbus. It reaffirms our Position that Boeing, although the company is showing with the fingers on the Airbus, has not taken measures to its WTO obligations, in contrast to Airbus and the EU to comply with,” said Airbus chief lawyer, John Harrison.
However, the US government was satisfied: The WTO had rejected most of the EU allegations, according to a spokesman. In contrast, the judgment is out of order due to the Airbus-subsidies to be clearly sharper.
