From the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3720710.stm The US government is to take the European Union to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in an effort to stop member states "subsidising" Airbus. Robert Zoellick, the US trade representative, said Airbus was now bigger than its US rival Boeing and continued public funding was unfair. "This is about fair competition and a level playing field," Mr Zoellick said. The US and EU have 60 days to resolve the increasingly bitter dispute before the WTO will step in.