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#BREAKING EU, US agree to prolong Airbus-Boeing tariff truce: European sources close to the matter

#UPDATE The EU and US have agreed to prolong a truce in their 17-year Airbus-Boeing row, marking a diplomatic victory during the visit of US President Joe Biden to Brussels, European sources say

📸 An Airbus A380 (right) taxis past a Boeing 787 Dreamliner

#BREAKING EU chief confirms truce with US on Boeing-Airbus

#UPDATE EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said the EU and US have agreed to prolong a truce holding off punitive tariffs in their 17-year trade row over aircraft builders Airbus and Boeing

#BREAKING Biden hails EU deal on Boeing-Airbus as 'challenge' to China

#BREAKING Boeing welcomes US-EU accord on subsidies dispute, vows to uphold rules

#UPDATE US President Joe Biden and the EU agreed a long-term truce on Tuesday in the 17-year-old Airbus-Boeing feud over subsidies, putting aside their own disputes to take on a rising China u.afp.com/UXvJ

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Hong Kong monitors radiation levels.

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China's Taishan nuclear power plant.

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