Viewed by many as a crucial step in the Biden administration’s effort to “rebuild” the trade relationship with traditional U.S. allies in Europe, on March 4, 2021, the United States and the United Kingdom announced a...more
On March 5, 2021, the United States and the European Union announced a four-month suspension of tariffs emanating from the decades-long trans-Atlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies. The move comes just one day after a the...more
In the latest phase of the 16-year trans-Atlantic dispute over government subsidies to The Boeing Company and Airbus SE, on October 26, 2020, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) authorized the...more
In response to an ongoing trade dispute between the United States and the European Union (EU), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is considering adding additional products to the existing list of EU imported...more
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved U.S. duties on $7.5 billion in products from the European Union (EU) after ruling that the EU had unfairly subsidized the production of large civil aircraft, such as those...more
10/4/2019
/ Aircraft Equipment ,
Aviation Industry ,
EU ,
Foreign-Made Goods ,
Imports ,
Member State ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Subsidies ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR ,
WTO
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has initiated a Section 301 investigation regarding the Digital Services Tax (DST) proposed by the French government, which would impose a three percent additional tax on certain companies...more
7/19/2019
/ Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services Tax ,
Discrimination ,
France ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Tax Issues ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Retroactive Taxes ,
Section 301 ,
USTR ,
WTO