EU member states may subsidise a new Airbus airplane as long as it is according to WTO rules, the bloc's trade commissioner has said in a move that could intensify the spat between the EU and the US following the failure of the global trade round this week.
"I'm not saying they couldn't or shouldn't invest. I'm just saying: Make it WTO-compliant," Peter Mandelson said in an interview according to Bloomberg news agency on Thursday (27 July).
Last week, Airbus revamped its troubled ...
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