Meanwhile the EU accuses the US of subsidizing Boeing because they build military aircraft as well as airliners.
EU is just trying to distort the argument. They know they are guilty as hell. BUT, they also know they make an inferior product, and that the only reason Airbus sells as well as it does is because they discount their A/C HEAVILY in the face of the better Boeing product line. And, finally, they know that they would not be able to offer those discounts if it weren't for the subsidies afforded to airbus by the taxpayers.
I am torn because I do think Boeing needs competition to produce better aircraft, but I definitely think it should be fair competition, and Airbus is playing with a dirty deck of cards.
Weirdest argument I've heard in years, but that's the euroeunuchs for you.
What I want to know is... will this thing have a plastic tail too?