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European Union Plans Tariffs on Boeing Aircraft if Trade Talks Fail, Financial Times Reports
- On May 6, 2025, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury urged the European Union in Paris to impose tariffs on Boeing aircraft imports.
- Faury made this call amid ongoing US-EU trade tensions and potential failure of negotiations to curb President Trump’s trade policies.
- The aerospace sector faces disruptions from the tit-for-tat tariffs following WTO rulings on illegal subsidies affecting both Airbus and Boeing.
- US tariffs range from 10% to 15% on EU aviation products since 2019, while Faury noted Boeing ships 80% of its aircraft overseas and would suffer more from retaliation.
- Faury emphasized reciprocal tariffs could force higher-level talks but warned a trade war would harm the already strained aerospace industry and global supply chains.
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Flight tickets will become more expensive if the European Union continues to impose a levy on Boeing aircraft. Almost all airlines are customers of the American aircraft manufacturer.
E.U. Unveils a Plan to Hit Back at the U.S.
“The European Union on Thursday announced a plan to ramp up the pressure on the United States, hours before President Trump called the bloc’s top leader ‘fantastic’ and said that America would work with it toward a trade deal,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Trump’s tone was a marked shift from the one he has often struck toward the European Union, which he has said was formed to ‘screw’ the United States.” “The change did not seem to be linke…
The EU Commission could soon meet US aircraft manufacturer Boeing with tariffs. Brussels is still relying on a negotiated solution in the trade dispute with Donald Trump. But the hope of this is dwindling every day.
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The EU publishes a US product hit list and prepares for WTO action against Trump's tariffs
The European Union has published a list of U.S. imports to target with retaliatory duties if no solution is found to end President Donald Trump’s tariff war.
The EU Commission is debating whether American imports with a total value of 95 billion euros should be sanctioned with tariffs or import restrictions.
The EU is preparing for a possible failure of trade talks with the US. A number of US products could be affected by the special tariffs. A list is 200 pages long.
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