EU eyes tariffs on Boeing jets in retaliation plan

Brussels plans to impose a tariff on Boeing aircraft as part of proposals for more revenge if commercial conversations with Washington fail.

Two people familiar with this matter said that the European Commission, which runs the commercial policy of the European Union, will include civilian aircraft on a list of about 100 billion euros of US annual imports that will target it.

They said that the measures will only apply if the European Union did not make sufficient progress in reducing the American definitions. It should be approved first by the likely majority of member states.

On April 2, US President Donald Trump imposed at least an additional 20 percent tariff on almost all exports by the European Union as part of the measures of the so -called “mutual”. But he reduced this to 10 percent on April 9 for 90 days to allow the conversations time.

The 25 percent American definitions remain on the steel in the European Union, aluminum and cars in place.

The European Union has stopped a tariff of revenge against American goods, 21 billion euros, including motorcycles, Harley Davidson, poultry, and clothes until July 14 to help the negotiation process.

Officials said the next wave of definitions, which will include potential chemical aircraft and products, may also apply to a deal.

They warned the list of proposed goals, which is expected to be published on Thursday.

The bloc imported about 18.3 billion euros of aircraft, spacecraft and parts of the United States in 2024, Eurostat said.

Maros šefčovič, the leading European Union Trade Commissioner, told the European parliament on Tuesday that 70 percent of the European Union’s exports to the United States are now driven.

If the United States follows through sectoral tariffs on pharmaceutical preparations, semiconductor and other products, this number will reach 97 percent, or 549 billion euros of goods. Depending on the current trade sizes, the United States will bring more than 100 billion euros of definitions every year.

“We now need the United States to show its willingness to make progress towards a just and balanced solution,” he said.

“We are completely involved in discussions with the United States, where the negotiating solution remains clear and favorite.

“But if our talks with the United States do not achieve the necessary results, we will be ready for the alternative with the aim of restoring a level stadium” with “all options on the table.”

The aviation industry was accelerating to adapt to Trump’s trade war, as the costs were already high through integrated supply chains.

Regardless of the 18 -month period in which the fees were applied to Boeing and Airbus aircraft as part of a dispute over the benefits, the sector has largely worked without introductory barriers since 1979.

Its supply chains extend all over the world, with both parts of Airbus and Boeing to new aircraft from different regions. Boeing, which displays parts of some of its aircraft from Italy and Japan, is already facing higher import costs. CEOs in the industry in the United States pressure the White House, and they argue to return to the environment free of customs tariffs.

Several executives of airlines have warned in recent weeks that they will postpone aircraft shipments from Boeing or Airbus instead of definitions.

“The airline will delay delivery operations if it becomes more expensive because of the fees.

The United States exports much more than space and defense of defensive goods than it imports. American space and defense exports were close to $ 136 billion in the world in 2023, according to the Commercial Industry Authority, Air Industries Association. The total value of American space and defense imports was just less than $ 22 billion.

At an event in Paris on Tuesday, the CEO of Airbus Guillaume Faury said that Europe is expected to put a “mutual” tariff on the planes, as it did during the dispute on the benefits five years ago. The United States and the European Union suspended these definitions in 2021.

He did not say immediately whether he was calling for a specific response to politics by the European Union, but he said that the impact of the expected revenge definitions on the United States industry would be greater than Trump’s tariff on Airbus. He added that the companies faced a “loss loss.”

“For Europeans and Americans, it is really improper, but above all [unfavourable] For Americans. For this reason I hope things will be resolved in time. But this is not yet.

He added: “We have a highly highly -performance translated ecosystem that these definitions will be damaged.”

The committee and Boeing and Airbus rejected the comment.