WTO arbitrators approve EU tariffs billions on US imports - significantly less than desired

After the USA imposed punitive tariffs on EU imports due to Airbus subsidies, the EU is also allowed to impose punitive tariffs against the USA, which illegally promoted Boeing. 

Geneva - Due to several years of unauthorized

for the

, the

now

impose

on US imports amounting to almost four

dollars (3.4 billion euros) per year.

Independent

have now determined this, as the

announced in

on Tuesday

.

The arbitrators remained with the amount far below the demands of the

.

She had

claimed

twelve

dollars in damage, and in conversation with the

then 8.6 billion, because

had been disadvantaged for years

by government aid for competitor

.

In a similar case, the

arbitrators

had already

approved

punitive tariffs on products from the

amounting to 7.5 billion dollars

due to illegal subsidies for Airbus

.

Punitive tariffs on imports: USA did not stop subsidies

The verdict was the preliminary line under the two disputes between the

, which have lasted for more than 15 years.

An appeal is excluded.

The

has already

threatened

on ketchup, game consoles and other products.

The

had already concluded in March 2019 that the

had

not stopped

government aid to

that

had been criticized for years before

.

Since then, arbitrators have been busy

determining

the amount of

allowed

.

The

included research grants from the NASA space agency and tax breaks.

The former bestseller of the Americans, the long-haul

, called the Dreamliner,

was also subsidized by the state

.

. @ WTO to authorize tariffs on $ 4 billion of US exports to the European Union in the Boeing Subsidies Case https://t.co/xf9HgnuEZ8

- Airbus PRESS (@AirbusPRESS) October 13, 2020

A

good 15 years ago, the

and the

sued

each other

at the

for aid to

and

.

The

lawsuit

against

was closed a little faster.

As early as May 2018, arbitrators discovered in the

that Brussels had not stopped the subsidies complained of.

They approved the

in October 2019 so

on goods worth $ 7.5 billion a year.

That was the highest amount

approved

since the

1995.

The

implemented the judgment immediately: They made the import of cheese, butter and wine and many other products from Europe more expensive, as well as components for the aviation industry.

The

are between 15 and 25 percent.

They primarily punished the countries that

paid

: Germany, France, Spain and the UK.

Punitive tariffs remain allowed until the subsidies have ended

The winning party in a

may

levy

until the losing party

has eliminated the

.

The

asserting for months that all

been suspended and that the

must be stopped.

She has called for a new assessment by the

, but her motion is

not

any progress

in the crisis-ridden

.

The

say that the

complained

no longer exists.

The

last offered

the

in July to negotiate a settlement of the disputes and an end to all punitive tariffs.

Washington initially did not respond.

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