Airbus loan dispute puts aircraft-financing trade truce at risk

USTR Jamieson Greer warned that the EU’s €3 billion ($3.4 billion) EIB loan to Airbus could unsettle the aircraft-financing trade truce. Airbus and the EIB describe the financing as market-rate; no tariffs have returned, and there is no finding of subsidy or established immediate financial impact. Disclosure, USTR assessment and any trade response are the next signals.