U.S. proposes tariffs on aircraft and parts in response to EU subsidies to Airbus

摘要

The long-simmering feud between the U.S. and the European Union (EU) over the latter's continued subsidization of Airbus threatens to trigger an all-out trade war. Last month, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) formally began the process to initiate tariffs against select imports from the EU due to what it charges are illegal subsidies the EU provides to Airbus fixed-wing aircraft. The proposed tariffs would cover almost all civil Airbus aircraft-fixed-wing and helicopters-and parts imported into the U.S.