Daily Memo: Aircraft Subsidies Breakthrough, Controversial South Korean Drills

Washington and Brussels want to end a 17-year trade dispute to focus more on China.

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Breakthrough in subsidies dispute. The United States and European Union agreed on a cease-fire in their 17-year battle over subsidies for Boeing and Airbus, and committed to ending another dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs. The truce means that $11.5 billion worth of tariffs will be removed for five years to give negotiators space to […]

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