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    U.S. subsidies to Boeing illegal, says WTO

    npsnps13 June 2017Updated:25 June 2024
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    (GENEVA) – The United States has continued to illegally subsidise aircraft manufacturer Boeing, causing significant harm to European competitor Airbus, the WTO found on Friday.

    The WTO ruling confirms that the United States has taken no appropriate action to comply with its obligation to withdraw subsidies declared illegal by the WTO’s Appellate Body in 2012, or to remove their adverse effects.

    The European Commission said the ruling backed its EU position, finding that the US has not only failed to remove the existing subsidies but has extended them and added significant new distorting subsidies, including incentives from South Carolina and a US Federal Aviation Administration R&D programme. The panel also found that US subsidies to Boeing continue to cause severe damage to Airbus in lost sales and market opportunities.

    “Today’s ruling is another victory for the EU, its industry and EU workers in this strategic sector,” said the Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem: “The panel agrees that the US has simply ignored existing WTO rulings and has continued to subsidise Boeing. We will continue to firmly defend our industry to ensure we have a level-playing-field. EU companies must be able to compete on fair and equal terms,” she added.

    In 2012, the WTO ruled that the United States had granted massive subsidies to Boeing in violation of WTO rules. Between 1989 and 2006 Boeing benefited from NASA, US Department of Defense and Washington State/Kansas subsidies totalling over $5 billion. The subsidies allowed Boeing to sell its aircraft more cheaply, to the detriment of Airbus. The illegal subsidies include export support, direct grants, free access to facilities, technology transfer at no cost, and tax abatements.

    The latest WTO ruling add to another WTO ruling of November 2016 in which – for the first time in the aircraft disputes – the WTO found the US guilty of providing prohibited subsidies to Boeing of around $5.7 billion. These subsidies by Washington State were conditional on the use of domestic over imported goods. Under WTO rules, these are the worst kind of subsidies and they caused further severe harm to Airbus’ market position.

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