US takes Airbus dispute to WTO

The US government is to take the European Union to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in an effort to stop member states 'subsidising' Airbus, October 2004. The EU said its relationship with Airbus was legal and it planned counter action over US support for Boeing.

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United States: Office of the United States Trade Representative: Press Release: U.S. Acts to Stop New Airbus Subsidies, Including "Launch Aid" Loans, 6.10.04 http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/speeches/transcripts/2010/june/statement-ustr-general-counsel-tim-reif-ustr-pr

http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2004/October/US_Files_WTO_Case_Against_EU_Over_Unfair_Airbus_Subsidies.html http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2004/October/US_Files_WTO_Case_Against_EU_Over_Unfair_Airbus_Subsidies.html

United States: Office of the United States Trade Representative: Fact Sheets: Recent Chronology in the Airbus WTO Case, October 2004 http://ustraderep.gov/Document_Library/Fact_Sheets/2004/Recent_Chronology_in_the_Airbus_WTO_Case.html

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/04/232 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/04/232&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Press Release: IP/04/1191 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1191&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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