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Article: Airbus expects aid for A350 jet
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- Daily Breeze
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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 ...