Roughly speaking, if a government agency is willing to provide something to a company which gives them a significant business benefit (such as a far healthier balance sheet), most of the other companies in that sector would state that if its good enough for one company, its good enough for us all; we want you to underwrite our risks too.
Refusing to provide that benefit across the board is often construed as 'unfair competition'. The EU (or WTO if you prefer) have rules about that type of practice.
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