BOEING RESPONDS WTO FINAL RULING

Boeing responded to the news that the WTO panel deciding European Union claims of US government assistance to Boeing has rejected the vast majority of Europe’s claims with the following statement: “Today’s reports confirm the interim news from last September that the WTO rejected almost all of Europe’s claims against the United States, including the vast majority of its R&D claims – except for some $2.6 billion. This represents a sweeping rejection of the EU’s claims. “Nothing in today’s reports even begins to compare to the $20 billion in illegal subsidies that the WTO found last June that Airbus/EADS has