‘The US won a $7.5 Billion award from the World Trade Organization against the European Union, who has for many years treated the USA very badly on Trade due to Tariffs, Trade Barriers, and more. This case going on for years, a nice victory’, tweeted President Trump on 3 October 2019. The United States (US) won not only the highest amount of retaliation ever adjudicated in the history of the WTO but also an ongoing right to retaliate on an annual basis until such time as the EU had complied by either removing the subsidies it granted Airbus or somehow neutralizing their adverse effects on Boeing. In light of the facts of the case, this ruling has two major shortcomings. First, in sharp contrast with the statutory language and practice until now, the Arbitrator effectively introduced a permanent liability rule into the WTO system through the backdoor. Second, given the way the decision and the associated award has been written, it is simply impossible for the EU to comply because (a) the contested subsidies are no longer in existence and (b) no guidance has been provided on how the EU might go about removing their adverse effects on Boeing if it sought to achieve compliance. Thus, in all likelihood, the EU is saddled with a ruling that obligates it to cough up an annual sum of $7.5 billion USD for an indefinite time period.

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理解仲裁员在 DS 316、EC 和某些成员国中的裁决——影响大型民用飞机贸易的措施（第 22.6-EC 条）：一个（至少）有几块缺失的拼图

“美国赢得了世界贸易组织对欧盟的 75 亿美元奖励，欧盟多年来因关税、贸易壁垒等原因在贸易方面对美国非常不利。2019 年 10 月 3 日，特朗普总统在推特上发文称，此案持续多年，取得了不错的胜利。美国（美国）不仅赢得了 WTO 历史上裁决的最高金额的报复，而且还获得了持续报复的权利一个年度的直到欧盟通过取消其给予空中客车公司的补贴或以某种方式抵消其对波音公司的不利影响为止。从案件事实来看，本裁决存在两大缺陷。首先，与迄今为止的法定语言和实践形成鲜明对比的是，仲裁员有效地引入了永久责任规则通过后门进入WTO体系。其次，鉴于决定和相关裁决的编写方式，欧盟根本不可能遵守，因为 (a) 有争议的补贴不再存在，并且 (b) 没有提供关于欧盟如何可能的指导如果它试图实现合规，则要消除它们对波音的不利影响。因此，欧盟极有可能背负一项裁决，要求其在无限期的时间内每年支付 75 亿美元。