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Article: Airbus expects aid for A350 jet

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January 13, 2005
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PARIS -- European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS said Wednesday it still expects to receive government launch aid for its new A350 jet, a day after the EU and United States agreed to reopen negotiations on eliminating aircraft subsidies, averting a looming trade war.

Noel Forgeard, chief executive of the European aircraft maker, commented during a Paris news conference at which Airbus also said it outsold archrival Boeing Co. in 2004 and expects to do so for a third straight year in 2005.

"The basis of the agreement is not that there will be no support," Forgeard said.

European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said Tuesday he had agreed with his U.S. counterpart Robert Zoellick to ...

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