The week started with a gloomy assessment of the transatlantic tariff threat picture by the trade commissioner and ended with threats of new US tariffs on France, and potentially Britain, following moves in Paris and London to giant digital company profits.
Tag: Boeing/Airbus
US airlines, motorcycle, ICT, retail, food sectors oppose Airbus-linked tariffs
The US and EU are consulting stakeholders over retaliation for Airbus and Boeing WTO rule breaches.
Week ahead in EU trade: Japan, WTO disputes
The two main meetings to look for this week in EU trade are an EU-Japan summit and the next meeting of the WTO’s dispute settlement body. Japan’s premier Shinzo Abe will be in Brussels on Thursday (25 April). EU leaders are set to “take stock of the implementation of the …
EU spending its €20billion worth of tariffs on aircraft instead of autos?
The length of the list of United States products the European Commission released on Wednesday (17 April) for governments and businesses to consider as possible targets for retaliatory tariffs appeared surprisingly long to some trade observers. The list was released in response to the WTO’s recent finding that Washington had …
Blog: Are Airbus-related US tariffs revenge for Boeing or standard operating procedure?
“Maybe it’s just another opportunity for President Trump to impose tariffs”, Chad Bown from the Peterson Institute of Economics tweeted in reference to the US’s decision to table tariffs on billions of Euros’ worth of European products. Robert McDougall, a former Canadian trade diplomat, retorted: “The announcement and eventual imposition …
Revived aircraft subsidy feud taken to new level
The dormant decade-old dispute between Brussels and Washington over subsidies to their respective aircraft giants Airbus and Boeing is being revived. Brussels has requested a dispute settlement panel to be established at the WTO over new subsidies decided by Washington state late last year. Ravi Kanth reports from Geneva. //
