EU Wants US Clarification on WTO Stance
182132
The EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, has asked US officials for their stance on threatened World Trade Organization action over aid to Airbus.
669733
The European Union said Wednesday it will decide soon whether to impose trade sanctions on the United States after receiving authorization to do so from the World Trade Organization
464049
The United States will press the European Union this week for a pledge to end subsidies to Airbus Industrie, warning it may take the matter to the World Trade Organization, a US trade official said.
141917
European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will press US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to explain whether the United States still intends to pursue a trade case
598083
The United States and European Union&#39;s trade dispute over aircraft manufacturing subsidies escalated when both sides filed complaints to the World Trade Organization.
95554
The European Union on Friday again  turned to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a long-running  row with the United States over the way Washington calculates  the size of anti-dumping duties.
384246
The United States will on Wednesday  file a complaint at the World Trade Organization over what it  called "unfair" European Union subsidies to aircraft  manufacturer Airbus.
207109
According to US Trade Representative Susan Schwab, the US is now considering taking action with the WTO over existing and proposed European tariffs on LCDs, set top boxes, and MFDs.
127237
The United States will on Wednesday file a complaint at the World Trade Organization over what it called &quot;unfair&quot; European Union subsidies to aircraft manufacturer Airbus.
364402
BRUSSELS, Oct 25  - The European Commission acted Monday to ease trade tensions with the United States by proposing to lift sanctions after Washington abandoned illegal corporate tax breaks, but said questions remain.
242851
PARIS, Dec 7  - The United States wants rapid progress in resolving a dispute with the European Union on public aid to rival aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus, and will call for World Trade Organisation mediation if US-EU talks do not produce results
105492
The top trade officials from the United States and the European Union will discuss a row over state subsidies accorded US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and European rival Airbus at a meeting here October 18, a European Commission spokeswoman said Wednesday.
294901
The European Union will not rush to reimpose sanctions on the United States in a trade dispute over U.S. tax breaks for exporters if the World Trade Organization again finds in Europe's favor, a top EU official said on Thursday.
556393
(InfoWorld) - A U.S. government official played down reports that the U.S. is considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the imposition of new duties on high-tech imports such as flat-screen monitors and digital set-top boxes. âThe U.S. has expressed its concern about the E.U. proposal to apply duties to sophisticated products covered by the Information Technology Agreement (ITA),â the official, based at the U.S. embassy in Brussels, said in a telephone interview Friday. He said taking the issue to the WTO, the worldâs trade arbitrator based in Geneva, is still a possibility. âOur options are open,â he said, but added that many concerns about trade matters do not end up as WTO cases. The ITA was signed by most countries producing IT products in 1997. It sets tariffs on goods designed for businesses at zero in order to help spur economic growth. However, as the price of items such as flat-screen monitors has fallen in recent years, they are increasingly being bought by consumers. The E.U. has started to reclassify some equipment as consumer goods, which require import tariffs of around 10 percent. Applying a tariff to new types of goods could potentially lead to higher prices, unless the vendor or manufacturer shoulders the additional cost. The European Commission, the E.U.'s representative body on trade matters, defended its actions. The E.U. classifies products on the basis of "objective criteria," Peter Power, the Commissionâs trade spokesman in a statement. "U.S. claims of E.U. re-classifying products in violation of ITA commitments are unfounded,â he said, adding that the EU "respects the spirit of the ITA" when classifying new technologies. TheÂ E.U. drew sharp criticism from the U.S.Â this week over its decision toÂ dismiss Microsoft's appealÂ of the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling against it. The U.S. government official, who did not wish to be identified, denied Friday that the U.S. concerns over tariffs are a reaction to that decision. "This is a long-standing issue for the U.S. government. We've been making these comments about the ITA since 2006," the official said.
764806
The United States and the European Union launched formal trade disputes against each other Tuesday, asking the World Trade Organization to rule on the legality of Brussels' customs rules and Washington's continued sanctions against the EU because of a ban on hormone-treated beef imports.
632571
Brussles - EU trade chief Peter Mandelson wants clarification of the US stance in threatened WTO action over aid to Airbus, his spokeswoman said Friday after a US official indicated Washington was delaying such action.
503783
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - The United States and the European Union have  agreed in theory to resolve a trade dispute over their national  aircraft manufacturers by halting industry subsidies.