Patty Murray: “I will read just a bit from that piece: Also exhibiting at the show, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company…”

“I will read just a bit from that piece: Also exhibiting at the show, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, EADS, and its subsidiary Eurocopter, which has launched a campaign in the United States to get a bigger share of Pentagon contracts, featuring ads that wrap the company in American flag. But if the company is so pro-American, why is it ignoring U.S. policy to isolate Iran. As a European company, we are not supposed to take into account embargoes from the U.S., says Michael Tripler, with EADS. Michael Tripler, from EADS, once again, saying and doing anything anywhere to advance the European interests of a European company. Airbus and EADS clearly sing one tune in newspapers in the United States, another at media events in France, and quite a different one while selling their products in Iran. Taken together, the goal is clear: EADS and Airbus do not intend to stop until they have gobbled up the entire aerospace market. So what is next for Airbus? Any question of their intentions was answered as we tried to work out an amicable solution to the dispute this past January. On a day that could have been a turning point in the process, Airbus CEO Noel Forgeard said he would seek new launch aid from European nations for the Airbus A350. While in one breath Airbus says it does not need launch aid to build the A350, they have nevertheless applied for, and European governments are prepared to provide, $1.7 billion in new launch aid.…”