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US sanctions: Airbus demands retaliation against Boeing
Updated on May 6th, 2025 – 3:00 p.m.Reading time: 28 min.
Airbus interferes in customs dispute. Trump claims that Catholics loved the AI picture of him in Papkutte. All developments in the news blog.
The head of the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has campaigned for retaliatory duties on aircraft from the US manufacturer Boeing if the US tariffs remain or are increased on European aircraft. He hoped that the tariffs will be “set to zero” afterwards, Guillaume Faury told the AFP news agency. A trade war is “lost” for the entire industry.
Fairy referred to a dispute between the EU and the USA five years ago in the world trade organization. At that time, Europe had raised higher import taxes in turn in response to US tariffs. After this measurement, the tariffs were then lifted again.
The EU should now be guided by this if the United States maintains its tariffs on European aircraft, the Airbus boss demanded. If the ongoing negotiations do not come to a conclusion, “I can imagine that – and this is our wish – the introduction of mutual tariffs on airplanes will give a higher level of negotiation,” said Faury. A trade war is “no good news” for “nobody”. However, the head of Airbus assumed that Boeing would “probably” be more affected. He was therefore confident that the situation would “normalize”.
Donald Trump defends a ki picture he shared, which shows him in the guise of the Pope. A reporter spoke to the US President during a press conference that the picture triggered outrage among many Catholics, but Trump didn’t want to know about that. “You think they don’t get fun? You don’t mean the Catholics, you mean the fake news media. The Catholics loved it,” he replied.
But in fact there was sharp criticism from the Catholic Church. Thomas Paprocki, the Bishop of Springfield in the state of Illinois, spoke of a mockery of God, the Catholic Church and the Pope and asks Trump in short message Service X to apologize. Read more about the reaction of the Catholic Church here.
In the further course of the press conference, Trump also contested something with the picture that his wife Melania found “sweet” to do. This statement is counteracted by the fact that the image was shared via Trump’s personal profile. The white house also divided the picture into X.
In 2027, the NFL returns to the capital of the United States with one of its most important events. After 86 years, Washington will be hosting for the first time for the draft of the National Football League, as US President Donald Trump announced on Monday at an appointment in the White House. At the event that is now extremely well attended, which extends over several days, the teams choose young athletes for their professional team. The competition for the greatest talents captivates the fans: According to NFL, 600,000 people traveled to the state of Wisconsin to pursue the draft live in Green Bay. Pittsburgh will be hosting next year.
Trump knew that the draft would take place on the National Mall and that he would expect more than a million visitors. “It’s a good idea. It will be beautiful. It will be something that nobody else can imitate,” said the US President, “Very exciting!”. The Washington Commanders are hosted in 2027, who have recently come a big step closer to their new stadium project.
