U.S. Trade Representative Kirk Announces U.S. Victory in WTO Aircraft Dispute

12-Mar-2012 United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today that the United States has prevailed in a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute over claims by the European Union (EU) related to The Boeing Company. The WTO Appellate Body rejected claims that the United States has provided massive trade-distorting subsidies to Boeing and affirmed a dispute settlement panel's March, 2011 finding that most of the programs challenged by the EU were not subsidies. Further, the Appellate Body affirmed that the value of WTO-inconsistent subsidies was far below what the EU alleged.