This event will discuss the EU's role in Airbus development.

It is hard to see the economic rationale for future subsidies.

With Boeing and Airbus receivingmost ofthe attention, China is slipping by unnoticedwitha bold new commercial aircraft production project.

Recent market and organizational difficulties encountered by Airbus are dramatically changing world competitive conditions in the commercial aircraft industry. Facing costly delays in the completion of its jumbo A380 aircraft, and a recent decision to completely revamp plans for a new A350 to challenge Boeing’s hugely successful 787 Dreamliner, Airbus...

The dispute between the United States and the European Union over alleged subsidies to Boeing and Airbus for the development and construction of new commercial aircraft has been called the "third rail of U.S.-European trade relations." In the fall of 2004, the United States filed a case against the EU...

For Airbus, it is time finally to kick away the "infant" industry crutch; for Boeing, it is time to agree that all subsidies should be open for negotiation and elimination.