Airbus fears delay to Boeing report

Article reports that Airbus fears a six-month delay in a crucial World Trade Organisation report on Boeing, its US rival, could harm the European aircraft maker’s chances of winning a multi-billion-dollar Pentagon contract.

The delay is inflaming tensions between the groups, whose governments have been locked in a dispute in the WTO over allegations of subsidies.

ESO: Background information: Pentagon races to save air tanker contest http://www.europeansources.info/record/pentagon-races-to-save-air-tanker-contest/

ESO: Background information: WTO poised to rule aid to Airbus illegal / Partial US victory on Airbus funds http://www.europeansources.info/record/wto-poised-to-rule-aid-to-airbus-illegal-partial-us-victory-on-airbus-funds/

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