WTO’s Appellate Body Issues Latest Ruling on Boeing Subsidies
WTO Appellate Body issues new subsidy ruling
ANA had to remove five Boeing 787s from service over the weekend. (Photo: Boeing)
ANA had to remove five Boeing 787s from service over the weekend. (Photo: Boeing)

The World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body issued a ruling today that Airbus characterized as a “sweeping loss” for Boeing in the long-running dispute between the U.S. and EU over illegal government subsidies to their respective largest aerospace companies. As has become custom, both sides claimed a measure of victory in this latest ruling, addressing a complaint the European Union (EU) filed against the U.S. in retaliation for an earlier U.S. challenge against subsidies European governments provided to Airbus.