EU Ambassador asks Biden to lift 232 aluminum tariffs and resolve EU-US aircraft subsidy dispute

On January 27, 2021, Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, urged the Biden administration to lift Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum and work to find a resolution to the U.S.-EU aircraft subsidy dispute. The statement is the most recent in a chorus of comments calling for increased transatlantic cooperation.

For more information on the U.S.-EU aircraft subsidy dispute and related tariffs please contact John Brew, Frances P. Hadfield, Spencer Toubia, Edward Goetz & Clayton Kaier or refer to our previous posts below:

Large Civil Aircraft Dispute 2021 Update: Section 301 Tariffs on New EU Goods | International Trade Law (cmtradelaw.com)

US Allows Tariffs On $7.5B Of EU Goods | International Trade Law (cmtradelaw.com)

USTR Adds Supplemental List of $4B Worth of Products to EU Airbus Dispute | International Trade Law (cmtradelaw.com)

EU Retaliatory Tariffs:  Preliminary List Proposed in Continuing Dispute with U.S. over Boeing/Airbus Subsidies. | International Trade Law (cmtradelaw.com)

Trump Administration Readies $11 Billion in Tariffs against EU and Schedules Section 301 Hearing in WTO Airbus Case | International Trade Law (cmtradelaw.com)