"In
connection with this review, the U.S. Trade Representative is
considering modifying the list of products of certain current or
former EU member States that currently are subject to additional
duties," the filing posted late on Tuesday said.
The review stems from the United States' dispute with the
European Union involving Europe's Airbus <AIR.PA> and U.S. rival
Boeing <BA.N>, it said.
The World Trade Organization previously found the world's two
largest planemakers received billions of dollars of unfair
subsidies, and last year allowed the United States to levy
tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of EU goods, including aircraft,
wines and cheese in response to Airbus subsidies deemed illegal.
The notice, first reported by Bloomberg, was posted on the USTR
website and is set to be formally published in the Federal
Register on Friday.
The USTR said it said it may modify duties on a range of EU
products, including maintaining current tariffs or increasing
them, and was weighing tariffs on other products from Britain,
France, Spain and Germany that have an approximate value of $3.1
billion.
The WTO is also considering granting the EU similar tariff
rights regarding support it deemed illegal for Boeing.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Phil Blenkinsop in
Brussels and Susan Heavey in Washington; editing by Louise
Heavens and Chizu Nomiyama)
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