Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has urged the EU and US to implement a tariff freeze over airline subsidies , and said Boeing should absorb any EU counter - tariffs . His airline is one of the US aircraft manufacturer ’s biggest customers . The airline is expected to approve US subsidies slapped in on goods including Airbus aircraft , sparking likely retaliatory EU tariffs on US planes . The WTO is investigating separate reports on EU subsidies received by Boeing and Boeing ’s US subsidies . Boeing said the US could n’t afford a trade war and hoped common sense would prevail .
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has urged the EU and US to avoid a tariff war over aircraft subsidies, and said Boeing should absorb any EU counter-tariffs. His airline is one of the US aircraft manufacturer’s biggest customers. The WTO is expected to approve US tariffs slapped in on goods including Airbus aircraft, sparking likely retaliatory EU tariffs on US planes. The WTO is investigating separate reports on EU subsidies received by Airbus and Boeing’s US subsidies. O’Leary said the US couldn’t afford a trade war and hoped common sense would prevail.