WTO calls US state’s Boeing subsidies illegal in win for EU

Geneva (AFP) – Subsidies given by the US state of Washington to Boeing are illegal, the World Trade Organization said Monday, in a huge victory for rival aircraft giant Airbus and the European Union. 

A WTO panel ruled that Washington state’s subsidy regime supporting production of Boeing’s 777X were prohibited as they encouraged the use of domestic materials, fuelling unfair trade distortions.