US and EU will work together to confront China in the aerospace industry, trade official says
- US Trade Representative Katherine Tai calls out ‘harmful non-market practices in the sector from countries like China that distort the aerospace market’
- She dodges answering whether US plans to seek entry into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Washington plans to cooperate with the European Union on confronting China’s non-market practices in the aerospace industry, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday.
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An agreement last year between the US and the EU over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus has given them a foundation to address “harmful” practices Beijing uses in its drive to compete in the global commercial aircraft market, Tai said in a virtual discussion organised by the Dublin-based Institute of International and European Affairs.
“In resolving this disagreement, the United States and European Union can now turn our attention to addressing harmful no- market practices in the sector, from countries like China that distort the aerospace market and create a truly uneven playing field for the rest of the world,” Tai said.
