The US administration said on 13 August that it would keep slapping a 15% tariff on Airbus and 25% on other European goods, accusing the European Union of failing to take steps to comply with a World Trade Organization ban on billions of euros of government subsidies to the European aircraft maker.

The tariffs were imposed by the US Trade Representative in late 2019 on $7.5bn worth of imports, including Airbus and a range of European products, such as Italian cheese or single-malt Scotch whisky. It raised the tariff on aircraft from 10% to 15% in February.