What’s next in WTO case

Update, July 2: The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming. This Defense News article details plans by a US company to offer a Russian airplane in the KC-X competition. Photo from Defense News Talk about a foreign,… Read More

EADS statement on WTO affect on KC-X competition

From Guy Hicks, VP of corporate communications at EADS North America: “The Obama Administration and Department of Defense have opposed every attempt to use the ongoing WTO commercial trade dispute to derail the KC-X competition.  The only beneficiary… Read More

Boeing responds to the public release of the WTO ruling

Boeing has issued the following statement: Boeing Calls WTO Ruling a Landmark Decision and Sweeping Legal Victory – Launch aid for every Airbus program deemed illegal and damaging – ‘Prohibited’ A380 launch aid must be withdrawn ‘without delay’… Read More

Airbus responds to WTO public release of final subsidies report

The 1,038 page Final Report by a three-member panel of the World Trade Organization on the US complaint about illegal subsidies to Airbus was made public today. Findings and Conclusions: 5 pages, PDF. These are difficult to grasp… Read More