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WTO Appellate Body Reverses Panel Finding on Boeing Tax Breaks

07 September 2017

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United States-European Union- WTO

On 4 September 2017, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body issued its report in the case "United States – Conditional Tax Incentives for Large Civil Aircraft". The report concerns a November 2016 WTO Panel report, which found that a 2013 Washington state tax package for the aerospace industry (Boeing) was in violation of WTO rules ({News-2016-11-30/A/7-previous coverage}). In particular, the Panel took issue with the condition that the tax break included in the package would be terminated if any final assembly or wing assembly has been sited outside the state of Washington. This was found to be in violation...