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Jo Bonner: “The WTO has only had an interim ruling, and everyone knows that. And within weeks, the WTO should be able to consider…”

On the recordMay 27, 2010
The WTO has only had an interim ruling, and everyone knows that. And within weeks, the WTO should be able to consider the complaint of the European Union against Boeing. To that point, $16.6 billion in R&D subsidies have been recorded for Boeing versus $3.7 billion for Airbus, $2 billion in export-related tax subsidies, $6 billion in local and State government subsidies, and $2 billion in foreign government subsidies for moving manufacturing jobs out of your State, my friend, into Japan and into Italy.
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Jo Bonner
Alabama
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May 27, 2010

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Bonner discusses the WTO's interim ruling and subsidies related to Boeing and Airbus.

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