WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US and UK agreed to suspend tariffs to provide space for settling the trade dispute between Boeing and Airbus, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, the US and UK agreed to suspend retaliatory tariffs on scotch whiskey, cashmere, and other products that were imposed amid the dispute between the Boeing and Airbus aircraft manufacturers.
In 2006, the United States filed a case with the WTO accusing European aircraft manufacturer Airbus of receiving $22 billion in illegal subsidies. After the EU filed a counterclaim, the WTO ruled both sides illegally subsidized their respective aircraft companies.
The United Kingdom in late January lifted EU tariffs that were slapped on US goods over the Airbus-Boeing dispute, once the country left the bloc’s single market and customs union.
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