[dervish]

With all due respect, are you agreeing with the EU's ridiculous counterclaims, which it has already agreed to "compromise?"

The fact that the EU asserted an affirmative defense to US claims of unfair subsidy is not compelling of the truth of the matter.

Contracts are not subsidies. That's like saying an employee who earns a salary is subsidized by his job.

[Destro]

Contracts are not the issue - R&D costs ever paid back? Most military contract money is upfront money for development.

It is like saying electric cars don't pollute like gas powered engines - true enough but to make the car battery you create waste pollution in manufacturing and the power plant needs to burn more fuel to produce the electricity for the electric car.

So you see what I mean? It is a matter of perception.

[FranceForBushInAustin]

I disagree. Every time the Government does grant a contract, it is a subsidy. There is no market value, just how much work can be delivered..... The output is not sold