U.S. Challenges EU Non-Compliance In WTO Airbus Ruling

U.S. Challenges EU Non-Compliance In WTO Airbus Ruling: Requests Authorization To Impose Countermeasures Against EU's Claims U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced Friday that the United States is requesting that the European Union (EU) enter into consultations regarding the notification it made on December 1, 2011, claiming to have fully complied with the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that subsidization of Airbus aircraft is contrary to WTO rules. The United States has reviewed carefully the limited information in that notification. It appears to show that the EU has not withdrawn the subsidies in question and has, in fact, granted new subsidies to Airbus' development and production of large civil aircraft.