BRUSSELS (AFP) – The World Trade Organisation has ruled that Europe's Airbus benefited from illegal subsidies, US and European officials said
Friday.
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Another European source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "From our reading of this report 70 percent of the US claims have been
rejected."
However, government grants were ruled illegal, he added.
"That'll have an impact for the next case," the source claimed.
Another WTO ruling is pending on the EU's tit-for-tat complaint against Washington over US state aid to Boeing, which is being dealt with by the
Geneva-based trade body separately.
so , in the first instance the money given to airbus for there aircraft has been ruled `illegal` - but the second part is the big one - the same
result will also be applied to boeing later on this year with the EU vs boeing case about the `developement` grants` given to them
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