Bloomberg
• Brendan Murray
The U.S. Trade Representative is postponing fees on Chinese-built or operated ships for two months, while USTR Jamieson Greer again criticized European support for Airbus and issued the EU a new threat. The moves put maritime trade measures and the long-running transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies back on the trade agenda.
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has queried the status of a €3 billion ($4 billion) European Union loan to Airbus and urged a quick resolution to concerns over support for the airframer. The issue is raising uncertainty around the transatlantic truce on large-aircraft subsidies.
The U.S. Trade Representative is postponing fees on Chinese-built or operated ships for two months, while USTR Jamieson Greer again criticized European support for Airbus and issued the EU a new threat. The moves put maritime trade measures and the long-running transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies back on the trade agenda.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer warned the European Union that a record-breaking European Investment Bank loan to Airbus could unsettle the transatlantic trade truce, including an agreement governing financing for large civil aircraft projects. The warning puts aircraft financing back at the center of U.S.-EU trade relations.
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