Subsidies row rekindled by £530m launch aid

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Series Details 15.3.00, p3 (UK edition)
Publication Date 15/03/2000
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The UK government's decision to provide £530 m of launch aid to Bae Systems for its part in the development of Airbus's planned super jumbo, the A3XX, has rekindled passions in the United States about what it regards as illegal subsidies by European governments to their aerospace industry.

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