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EU Sees Chance With Biden for Aircraft-Aid Deal in Six Months

Senior EU trade official steps up call for tariff-fight truce
Sabine Weyand criticizes year-end U.S. move to widen duties

Sabine Weyand
Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg

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By Jonathan Stearns

January 15, 2021 at 5:40 PM UTC

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The European Union and U.S. have a chance to reach an elusive agreement on aircraft subsidies within six months of President-elect Joe Biden’s entry into office, according to a senior EU trade official.