Airbus hails WTO judgement "big win for Europe"

     PARIS, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The European aircraft maker¹ Airbus hailed on Wednesday the judgement by an appeal body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying it is "a big win for Europe" because it showed a favor to Airbus in disputes with U.S. rival Boeing over government subsidies² for aircraft industry.

    Since October 2004, Boeing and Airbus have been involved in a row, accusing each other of having illegal state support to gain unfair advantages for export. The two manufacturers(厂商,制造商) filed two complaints simultaneously³ before WTO denouncing public aid granted to each other.

    The Appellate Body of WTO excluded on Wednesday certain disputed EU measures to Airbus from the list of "serious prejudice, " and in addition, "reversed the findings of the expert group that had established that the financing offered to Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom to develop the A380 were contingent⁴ on export performance."Therefore the report confirmed that "government loans are a legal instrument and that none of the government loans made to Airbus over the past 40 years were prohibited," and neither did the loans bring detriments⁵ to U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing, the France-based European group said in statement.

    "This is a big win for Europe. We are pleased with the results," Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders commented in a statement.

    "We see no significant consequences for Airbus or the European support system from today's decision," said Rainer Ohler, Airbus' Head of Public Affairs and Communications, which means the current cooperation system linking France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom can keep on working.

    However, as both sides reacted to previous WTO rulings, Airbus and Boeing once again claimed respective victory and both welcomed the Wednesday judgement.

    In fact, this new report upheld part of EU claims against the previous WTO panel rulings that largely in favor of the United States, but left bulk of the previous ruling intact.

    According to Airbus, a separate case before the WTO, which found that Boeing has benefited from substantial illegal subsidies, is currently under appeal and expecting a final outcome later this year.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

4 contingent   

adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队

参考例句：

• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。

5 detriments   

n.损害，伤害（detriment的复数形式）

参考例句：

• This paper analyses the piston effect problem in dellling shaft sinking method and its detriments. 本文分析了钻井法凿井中所出现的钻井活塞效应问题及带来的危害。 来自互联网