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Airbus chief calls for pause on tit-for-tat transatlantic trade war

Ivan Fischer by Ivan Fischer
21 February 2021
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Airbus chief calls for pause on tit-for-tat transatlantic trade war

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Brussels (Brussels Morning) Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has called for a “ceasefire” in the transatlantic trade war, sparked between the US and the EU by state subsidies for the two largest global aircraft manufacturers – Boeing and Airbus, Reuters.reports

On Saturday, Faury stated that the introduction of tit-for-tat tariffs on planes and other goods had aggravated the damage already caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “This dispute, which is now an old dispute, has put us in a lose-lose situation,” he told France Inter in a radio interview

“We have ended up in a situation where wisdom would normally dictate that we have a ceasefire and resolve this conflict,” Faury said. Washington imposed a 15% tariff on Airbus jets in 2019 after an extended dispute at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The EU responded by imposing matching tariffs on Boeing jets a year later.

Unfair subsidies

The two manufacturers were found to have used unfair government subsidies in the past, with WTO ruling against both Boeing and Airbus. According to a 2006 claim filed by the US, Airbus had received US$ 22 billion in illegal subsidies, while the EU filed a counterclaim that Boeing received US$ 23 billion in trade-distorting subsidies for its research and development projects.

The WTO verified both claims, and has allowed the US to impose tariffs on up to USD 7.5 billion worth of EU goods, while allowing the EU to impose tariffs on up to USD 4 billion worth of US goods.

Frustrating barriers

Faury noted that the dispute with Boeing has been particularly damaging during the pandemic, which has badly hit air travel and led to travel restrictions or border closures. He also called for the travel restrictions to be lifted.

“We are extremely frustrated by the barriers that restrict personal movement and it is almost impossible today to travel in Europe by plane”, he said. The first priority for countries should be to reopen frontiers and allow people to travel, initially on the basis of tests, and eventually based on vaccinations, he declared.

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