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Congress Presses Obama On Airbus Subsidies

Law360, New York (November 03, 2009) -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are urging President Barack Obama to make sure the military takes into consideration illegal subsidies Airbus SAS received from the EU when giving out a $35 billion contract for aircraft refueling tankers, in a move that could favor a rival bid by The Boeing Co.

In a letter on Monday, 39 members of Congress from both political parties asked the president to consider recent findings by the World Trade Organization that Airbus had received billions...

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