Boeing Claims WTO Victory But Hasn’t Yet Landed Knock-out Punch on Airbus
Following the initial clamor of righteous indignation over the
Boeing is demanding that Airbus repay or restructure some $4 billion in government loans that supported the A380 development after the World Trade Organization supported some, but not all, of its complaints about alleged illegal and unfair subsidies.
Boeing is demanding that Airbus repay or restructure some $4 billion in government loans that supported the A380 development after the World Trade Organization supported some, but not all, of its complaints about alleged illegal and unfair subsidies.

Following the initial clamor of righteous indignation over the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) June 30 ruling on U.S. government allegations that Airbus has benefited unfairly from illegal state financing for its airliner programs, there came a silence. That silence is the sound of the proverbial “other shoe waiting to drop,” as the aerospace industry braces for the impact of the WTO’s initial ruling on Airbus’s counter-allegations over what it views as comparable breaches of trade rules by Boeing. This WTO ruling was originally expected as early as next week but now has been delayed indefinitely. According to Airbus, the ruling will show that “Boeing has received billions of dollars in WTO illegal subsidies.”

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