The European Union is set to win the right to impose tariffs on about $4 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for subsidies granted to planemaker Boeing under a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling due on Tuesday. The decision threatens to stoke transatlantic trade tensions with just three weeks until the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, although it could also help at last to settle a 16-year legal battle. Both the United States and the EU have signalled interest in settling the dispute over subsidies each provided to their respective planemakers, Boeing and Airbus, while accusing the …read more
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