Thursday, March 22, 2007
[IWS] EU vs BOEING in WTO Dispute Against U.S. Subsidies [22 March 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Commission > EU and the world > External Trade
WTO Dispute Settlement
EU files first written submission in EU WTO case against Boeing subsidies
Geneva, 22 March 2007
http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr220307_en.htm
The European Union has today submitted its first written submission in the EU WTO challenge to US government subsidies to Boeing. The EU's submission exposes in detail the massive, long-standing and WTO-inconsistent subsidisation of Boeing's civil aircraft division. More than US$ 23 billion worth of subsidies have been and will be granted at the federal (NASA and Department of Defence R&D support, Foreign Sales Corporation subsidies), state (Washington and Kansas tax breaks and infrastructure support) and local (Chicago, Everett, Wichita, Cook County, Snohomish County) level for the past two decades and up to 2024. The EU's first written submission is not public at this time, but the EU will make a non-confidential version of its first written submission available to the public in due course. See the updated < http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/memo220307_en.htm > Fact Sheet for a brief summary of the EU's arguments.
The US is now scheduled to present its written defence on 14 June 2007. The first panel hearing will take place on 11 July 2007 in Geneva. The issuance of the final Panel report to the Parties is due on 7 April 2008 (but could slip into later in 2008, as it has in other complex cases).
The EU submission is filed the day after the first Panel meeting regarding the US challenge to EU support for Airbus was concluded on 21 March 2007. After another round of submissions and hearings, the issuance of the final Panel report to the Parties in that case is due on 31 October 2007 (but, as in the EU case, could be delayed).
More:
* Read the Memo
* http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/memo220307_en.htm
* Boeing-Airbus WTO dispute
* http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/cases_e/ds353_e.htm
* EU-US 1992 Large Civil Aircraft Agreement
* http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/html/119237.htm
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Commission > EU and the world > External Trade
WTO Dispute Settlement
EU files first written submission in EU WTO case against Boeing subsidies
Geneva, 22 March 2007
http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr220307_en.htm
The European Union has today submitted its first written submission in the EU WTO challenge to US government subsidies to Boeing. The EU's submission exposes in detail the massive, long-standing and WTO-inconsistent subsidisation of Boeing's civil aircraft division. More than US$ 23 billion worth of subsidies have been and will be granted at the federal (NASA and Department of Defence R&D support, Foreign Sales Corporation subsidies), state (Washington and Kansas tax breaks and infrastructure support) and local (Chicago, Everett, Wichita, Cook County, Snohomish County) level for the past two decades and up to 2024. The EU's first written submission is not public at this time, but the EU will make a non-confidential version of its first written submission available to the public in due course. See the updated < http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/memo220307_en.htm > Fact Sheet for a brief summary of the EU's arguments.
The US is now scheduled to present its written defence on 14 June 2007. The first panel hearing will take place on 11 July 2007 in Geneva. The issuance of the final Panel report to the Parties is due on 7 April 2008 (but could slip into later in 2008, as it has in other complex cases).
The EU submission is filed the day after the first Panel meeting regarding the US challenge to EU support for Airbus was concluded on 21 March 2007. After another round of submissions and hearings, the issuance of the final Panel report to the Parties in that case is due on 31 October 2007 (but, as in the EU case, could be delayed).
More:
* Read the Memo
* http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/memo220307_en.htm
* Boeing-Airbus WTO dispute
* http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/cases_e/ds353_e.htm
* EU-US 1992 Large Civil Aircraft Agreement
* http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/html/119237.htm
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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