US and EU Face July Deadline on $11.5 Billion Aircraft Tariff Dispute as Trade Agreement Hangs in Balance
A five-year truce between Boeing and Airbus over subsidy allegations expires on July 11, 2026, with the US and EU yet to agree on an extension. The dispute involves $11.5 billion in retaliatory tariffs on products ranging from wine to cheese, originally stemming from a two-decade-old WTO case. A renewed tariff war could jeopardize the Turnberry Agreement, a major EU-US trade deal struck in July 2025 that EU lawmakers are expected to approve this week.
The US and EU are approaching a critical deadline on July 11, 2026, when a five-year suspension of retaliatory tariffs in the long-running Boeing-Airbus dispute expires. The conflict originated over two decades ago when the US alleged illegal EU subsidies to Airbus; the EU countered with accusations of unlawful US support for Boeing. The dispute escalated into a tariff war affecting $11.5 billion in trade, including wine, spirits, cheese, and tobacco. A truce was implemented in July 2021 under the Biden administration, but no extension has been announced. German MEP Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's trade committee, has warned that failure to extend the suspension could jeopardize the Turnberry Agreement, a major trade deal between the Trump administration and the European Commission finalized in July 2025. The agreement includes a 15 percent tariff cap on EU goods, though recent US threats of additional duties on forced labor grounds could breach this ceiling. EU lawmakers are expected to vote on the Turnberry Agreement next week, but its fragility is evident given the Trump administration's history of using tariffs as leverage in non-trade disputes.
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