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Old 3rd Jan 2020, 22:00
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Originally Posted by krismiler
Surely not ? After all the complaints from Boeing and the US government about subsidies to Airbus that would be hypocrisy. It would be unfair competition if other countries aerospace industries have to compete with a state subsidised company, tariffs could be put in place in retaliation and complaints made to the WTO.
President Trump has disabled the WTO by refusing to allow the appointment of judges: Reuters on WTO which looks as though there is consistent policy here.

Forgive me if I missed an irony tag.
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