US and EU near deadline on $11.5 billion tariffs in long-running aircraft dispute

By Philip Blenkinsop

Thu, June 11, 2026 astatine 10:30 AM CDT 1 min read

By Philip Blenkinsop

BRUSSELS, June 11 (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union person yet to ‌decide whether to proceed suspending oregon to reimpose tariffs ‌on $11.5 cardinal of goods successful a decades-long quality implicit craft subsidies ​with conscionable days to spell earlier their truce expires.

The 2 sides successful 2004 lodged parallel cases astatine the World Trade Organization implicit subsidies for U.S. level shaper Boeing and ‌European rival Airbus, ⁠accusing each different of unfair competition.

The WTO successful 2019 authorised the United States to enforce ⁠tariffs connected $7.5 cardinal of EU goods, specified arsenic cheese, successful the lawsuit against Airbus. A twelvemonth later, it gave ​the EU ​the close to respond with ​countermeasures connected $4 cardinal of ‌U.S. imports, including baccy and spirits. On June 15, 2021, some sides agreed to suspend these tariffs for 5 years.

A European Commission spokesperson said connected Thursday that discussions were ongoing to widen the suspension.

The 2 sides said ‌in 2021 they aimed to enactment ​on an overarching statement connected ​subsidies for ample craft ​and to antagonistic investments successful craft by "non-market ‌actors," meaning China. They said ​then they expected ​the quality would beryllium resolved wrong 5 years.

Instead, tariff tensions person risen, with the European Union facing ​fees connected astir ‌of its exports to the United States, though ​aircraft and craft parts are excluded.

(Reporting by Philip ​Blenkinsop; editing by Barbara Lewis)