The biggest airliner in the world

[Martin]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
Well shouldn't Boeing drop the subsidies as well? Or does Airbus receive significantly more subsidies?

Airbus argues that boeing receives indirect subsidies, since it is a large defence contractor. But i dont think boeing receives any subsidies directly from the fed. This was one one of the reasons japan and italy are involved with the 7E7, as their goverments will give boeing subsidies for doing development in their countries.

There is a good reason why the US chose not to take its case to the WTO....

Because we lose, pretty much every time?

Or more precisely, becuase both sides knew they would lose, so they said "we'll just negotiate", which means they'll continue to heap subsidies as before and ignore any pesky subsidies rules.
http://www.forbes.com/technolo...5/01/11/ap1751595.html