Les Europ\u00e9ens d’EADS (Airbus) ne cachent pas qu’ils esp\u00e8rent figurer contre Boeing dans l’\u00e9norme march\u00e9 des futurs ravitailleurs en vol de l’USAF. Il s’agit du ni\u00e8me test de la coop\u00e9ration transatlantique, version ouverture des march\u00e9s militaires US, cette version mythique qui n’a \u00e9videmment jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 interpr\u00e9t\u00e9e. Cette fois, toutes les chances semblent (semblaient) du c\u00f4t\u00e9 d’Airbus parce que 1) Boeing vient d’\u00eatre s\u00e9v\u00e8rement mis en cause<\/a> apr\u00e8s une tentative de lui attribuer le march\u00e9 sans concurrence ; 2) parce que, justement dans cette occurrence, les Am\u00e9ricains ont besoin d’une concurrence pour (au moins) forcer Boeing \u00e0 \u00eatre un peu plus accommodant (\u00e0 noter que cette version-l\u00e0 ferait d’Airbus un faire-valoir sans la moindre garantie qu’il obtienne le march\u00e9 ou une partie de celui-ci).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tMais il y a du nouveau, annonc\u00e9 par Defense News le 6 avril<\/a>: un puissant parlementaire US, le d\u00e9mocrate Norm Dicks, exige que les Europ\u00e9ens abandonnent leurs subsides<\/a> si l’on veut que Airbus soit admis dans la comp\u00e9tition. La description de la m\u00e9thode se r\u00e9sume \u00e0 deux mots : piratage et chantage, et c’est compl\u00e8tement dans les usages du Congr\u00e8s. Les d\u00e9clarations de Dicks, dont un rapport est fait ci-dessous, indiquent l’humeur du Congr\u00e8s (\u00e0 mettre en rapport \u00e9galement avec la question de la lev\u00e9e de l’embargo europ\u00e9en des armements vers la Chine) : une opposition anti-europ\u00e9enne radicale sans le moindre esprit de compromis.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t\u00ab The U.S. Air Force may be ready later this year to conduct a competition between Boeing and Airbus to see which company will build a fleet of new midair refueling tankers, Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., said April 6. But Dicks said it would be unacceptable for Airbus to compete if the European aircraft company is still receiving substantial subsidies from European governments.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t(…)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb Boeing gets nothing that is comparable. They have to spend their own money to develop new aircraft, Dicks said during an address to the Aerospace Industries Association in Washington. This is simply unfair. It is inconceivable that the Air Force would let Airbus compete for a contract to build refueling tankers if the company is receiving subsidies from the European Union that enable it to undercut Boeing, said Dicks, whose constituency includes thousands of Boeing employees.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb The U.S. Trade Representative has been negotiating with the European Union to end the subsidies, but the negotiations have gone nowhere, Dicks said. The U.S. Air Force may be ready later this year to conduct a competition between Boeing and Airbus to see which company will build a fleet of new midair refueling tankers, Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., said April 6. But Dicks said it would be unacceptable for Airbus to compete if the European aircraft company is still receiving substantial subsidies from European governments.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 7 avril 2005 \u00e0 05H30<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Les Europ\u00e9ens d’EADS (Airbus) ne cachent pas qu’ils esp\u00e8rent figurer contre Boeing dans l’\u00e9norme march\u00e9 des futurs ravitailleurs en vol de l’USAF. Il s’agit du ni\u00e8me test de la coop\u00e9ration transatlantique, version ouverture des march\u00e9s militaires US, cette version mythique qui n’a \u00e9videmment jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 interpr\u00e9t\u00e9e. 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