I want evidence about subsidies. The poster asserted that Boeing has direct subsidies comparable to those received by Airbus. Do you have evidence about direct federal subsidies to Boeing for development and production of commercial aircraft?
I believe there are export subsidies but these are given as offsets to the VAT rebates that Airbus receives. Other companies also receive these subsidies. I believe that the EU won a WTA case against these subsidies so they have been stopped. If you have knowledge about these export subsidies and other direct subsidies, please elaborate.
“I want evidence about subsidies. The poster asserted that Boeing has
direct subsidies comparable to those received by Airbus.”
I’m not a business person, but having just scanned though “Boeing Versus
Airbus”, the impression I get is both companies try to get any advantage
from the governments they deal with...which to my naive ears sounds
like “business as usual”.
One thing I’ll say about the book...given the twists and turns of
Boeing over the past couple of decades, it’s fairly amazing they are
in as good a shape as they are now.
Boeing versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest
International Competition in Business
by John Newhouse
http://www.amazon.com/Boeing-versus-Airbus-International-Competition/dp/1400078725/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7855343-0492853?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193759073&sr=1-1