EU and US Disagree About Airbus Subsidies During WTO Dispute Settlement Body Meeting
Even as the U.S. and the European Union work privately to resolve their differences over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing, a U.S. representative at the World Trade Organization complained that the EU provided no status update on coming into compliance over Airbus subsidies. The EU said that the measures it took in August 2020 (see 2008280051) were more than enough to comply with a WTO ruling, according to a Geneva trade official.
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At the April 28 Dispute Settlement Body meeting, the EU also complained that the U.S. continues to send antidumping and countervailing duties to domestic victims of dumping and illegal subsidization, and says every time that's done, it violates international trade law. The U.S. said it already implemented the WTO ruling.
Whether Venezuela can initiate a panel against the U.S. over sanctions and import bans on gold was put aside, and Venezuela's representatives in Geneva and the U.S. mission to the WTO are consulting over the issues.