And that raises the question as to why Boeing and the U.S. agreed in the first place. Did the U.S. not notice it was "unfair", or was there more to this than meets the eye?
Boeing was then preparing its merger with MDD. Airbus at that time was the new entrant and the only Boeing's competitor. Airbus needed a helping hand otherwise it would have been crushed by Boeing. I think it was about something called antitrust.
Now the situation has changed. Airbus is not anymore a new entrant, it has become a true competitor. Last year and this year Airbus will have delivered more aircraft than Boeing. Airbus' order book is bigger than Boeing's. There is no more danger of Boeing domination in commercial aviation industry.
We can only hope that there will be a third player in the industry.