"Europe is facing tariffs today because Airbus has refused for years to comply with WTO rulings," Boeing said in a statement.
"Yet even today, Airbus could still completely avoid these tariffs by coming into full compliance with its obligations. We hope it will finally do that.”
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Airbus earlier called for talks to ease the long-running two-part dispute over subsidies to both Airbus and Boeing.