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Two giants bestride the world of commercial aircraft: America's Boeing and Europe's Airbus. They are roughly equal in terms of orders for their aircraft and planes delivered over the last ten years. Boeing dominates the twin aisle or widebody market with its 747, 767, 777 and the new 787 Dreamliner.
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9/21/2012
At the Farnborough international airshow last week, the four European countries with a big stake in Airbus -- Britain, France, Germany and Spain -- held a press conference to discuss why the subsidies they give to the aerospace giant are permissible under World Trade Organization rules. The statement
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7/16/2012
France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis today released its final report on the 2009 crash of an Airbus A330 jetliner that claimed over 200 lives. The report correctly cited a malfunctioning air-speed indicator and inappropriate pilot responses as the primary causes of the crash. However,
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7/5/2012
What does it tell you about a company's culture when its representatives repeatedly mislead the public about a matter material to its future business prospects? Does it indicate they are a worthy partner or supplier? Does it suggest they will bargain in good faith in disputes where deception and
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3/23/2012
Last week, Airbus rival Boeing won a long-sought victory against the European plane maker company when the U.S. Trade Representative disclosed plans to impose huge trade penalties to compensate for the damage done by illegal subsidies. The World Trade Organization has ruled that Airbus deprived
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12/12/2011
After seven years of pressing Airbus and the European Union to comply with trade-treaty obligations concerning improper commercial-aircraft subsidies, the U.S. Trade Representative signaled today that the time for talking is nearly over. In a bluntly-worded statement, trade representative Ron Kirk
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12/9/2011
The world's preeminent trade body ruled on March 31 that a European complaint against the United States alleging massive commercial-transport subsidies was largely unfounded. The 2005 complaint had claimed U.S. company Boeing received about $24 billion in prohibited or actionable subsidies from
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3/31/2011
Within minutes after the Air Force announced that Boeing had won the tanker competition yesterday, Politico put a story on their web-site suggesting that the main reason many people thought Boeing would lose was my frequent predictions of an EADS victory. The story may have over-estimated my
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2/25/2011
The defense department has done a masterful job of keeping its tanker deliberations under wraps, so nobody should assume they know what will be announced today at 5:00. EADS expects to win and Boeing does not, but their expectations were confounded the last time such an award was made, and the same
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2/24/2011
The World Trade Organization today released a final ruling on commercial transport subsidies received by Boeing. The ruling will remain confidential until translated into variety of languages, so only the parties to the case brought by European governments have seen it. However, the ruling probably
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1/31/2011
On the day that President Barack Obama made U.S. economic competitiveness the lead theme in his State of the Union speech, European aircraft maker Airbus issued a series of misleading assertions about top U.S. exporter Boeing that illustrated a key reason why it is so hard for America to compete.
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1/26/2011
The Air Force is likely to announce the winner of its tanker competition in March -- the same timeframe in which the World Trade Organization (WTO) will release two different reports casting Airbus business practices in a negative light. The first WTO report, which has already been completed, will
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1/20/2011
On October 6 the Heritage Foundation released an issue brief as part of its "Foundry" series that questioned the danger of U.S. dependence on China for so-called "rare earths." Rare earths are exotic materials used in a wide range of military and commercial applications. There are no ready substitutes
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10/8/2010
The world's preeminent trade body today released a detailed report documenting that European commercial-transport producer Airbus has engaged in predatory, illegal trade practices since it was first established in the 1970s. The World Trade Organization (WTO) said that Airbus has received a range
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6/30/2010
The World Trade Organization report condemning European subsidies to Airbus contains a section detailing how the A330 widebody transport was developed using practices banned by current trade agreements. Airbus parent-company EADS has proposed the A330 as a candidate for the Air Force's next-generation
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3/24/2010
The World Trade Organization's confidential final report on European commercial-aircraft subsidies sides with the United States in finding that much of the aid Airbus has received is banned under current trade rules. The report thus confirms a preliminary finding in September that low-cost or no-cost
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3/23/2010
Although Northrop Grumman employees are deeply disappointed that they could not build a convincing business case for bidding in the Air Force's pending tanker procurement, there is one big advantage to pulling out now. When the World Trade Organization releases its final report on Airbus subsidies
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Date:
3/19/2010