European diplomats announced the intention of the European Union to impose customs duties on US imports worth 4 billion dollars next week, after the support of the World Trade Organization in a dispute over Support for aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
According to Arabiya Net, the majority of the Union governments have already supported imposing the fees, which are expected to come into effect after a meeting of the Union Trade Ministers on Monday, which comes in response to US customs duties on European goods against the backdrop of support provided to Boeing's rival Airbus.
Last October, Minister Delegate to the French Foreign Ministry in charge of Foreign Trade, Franck Riester, had suggested the issue of imposing tariffs on American products unless Washington returned to negotiation.
and he said: With the $ 4 billion fees that the World Trade Organization has allowed us to impose on American products, we want above all to send a clear message to the United States to invite them to open negotiations. .
On Tuesday, the World Trade Organization allowed the European Union to impose punitive customs duties on $ 4 billion worth of US goods and services annually on the back of support provided by Washington to Boeing .
Reester emphasized that the European position is united on this issue.
and considered the trade organization, which allowed Washington a year ago to impose sanctions on the European Union for its support to Airbus, that the specified amount (4 billion dollars) is proportional to the degree and nature of the adverse effects that Its existence has been identified, caused by illegal US support payments to Boeing, according to the court report.
The European Union and the United States exchange accusations of providing illegal governmental aid to their aircraft manufacturers, and both of them have filed lawsuits with the Trade Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization.
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And last year, the World Trade Organization authorized US sanctions worth $ 7.5 billion on European goods and services.
