Aircraft
WTO Creates Panel To Examine C Series at Behest of Brazil
Trade body to weigh the propriety of some $3 billion worth of government support

The World Trade Organization on Friday established a panel to investigate charges by the government of Brazil that the Bombardier C Series received improper subsidies on several levels from the province of Quebec and the Canadian federal government. The decision comes only days after the U.S. Commerce Department proposed levying a 220-percent tariff on deliveries of the new narrowbody to Delta Air Lines.