Europe's Airbus said on Friday it would increase loan repayments to France and Spain in a final bid to reverse U.S. tariffs and jog the United States into settling a 16 year old dispute over billions of dollars of aircraft subsidies.
The European Union, France and Spain said the move to raise interest rates paid by Airbus on A350 aircraft development loans should settle the row at the World Trade Organization and urged Washington to withdraw tariffs on EU goods.
The loans are part of a system targeted by the United States in the world's largest corporate trade dispute, which has also aired condemnation of U.S. support for Boeing.