US-EU reach deal on trade dispute ahead of Biden’s meeting with Putin

US and EU resolve a 17-year trade dispute over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following US-EU reach deal on trade dispute ahead of Biden’s meeting with Putin [President Joe Biden (C) walks with European Council President Charles Michel (R) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels, June 15, 2021.] Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP US-EU deal US President Joe Biden moved to end a [long-running trade dispute]( with the European Union over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers, following the NATO summit in Brussels. The deal reached Tuesday includes a [five-year truce](, a major breakthrough in the US’ trade relationship with the EU after a often rocky relationship during the previous Trump administration. The move ends a [17-year dispute]( over how much of a government subsidy each side can provide for its aircraft manufacturing giant — Boeing in the US, and Airbus in the EU. The agreement comes ahead of Biden’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden-Erdoğan The presidents of the US and Turkey met in Brussels on Monday in [a much-anticipated face-to-face]( on the sidelines of the NATO summit. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said his country would need “diplomatic, logistic and financial assistance” from the US to [maintain troops in Afghanistan]( to protect and run Kabul's international airport, after the withdrawal of other NATO troops, including US forces. The meeting comes after Biden became the first US president to recognize the Ottoman-era mass killing and deportations of Armenians as “[genocide](,” something Turkey has denied. “Biden has set a very low bar with Turkey. 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