Following the European Union – United States Summit held on June 15, the EU and the US agreed to suspend the application of tariffs for a period of five years, being the most significant step towards resolving the longest trade dispute in the history of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The disputes on Large Civil Aircraft (LCA; also known as the Airbus-Boeing Dispute) started in 2004.
The EU list of US origin products that had been considered for additional import duties included:
The EU list of US origin products that had been considered for additional import duties included:
- fresh or dried hazelnuts or filberts "corylus spp.", shelled (CN: 08022200)
- fresh or dried pistachios, shelled (CN: 08025200)
- nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled (excl. coconuts, brazil nuts, cashew nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, chestnuts "castania spp.", pistachios, pecans, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts, pine nuts and macadamia nuts) (CN: 08029085)
- fresh or dried dates (CN: 08041000)
- sultanas (CN: 08062030)
- dried grapes (excl. currants and sultanas) (CN: 08062090)
- dried prunes (CN: 08132000)
- groundnuts, in shell (excl. seed for sowing, roasted or otherwise cooked) (CN: 12024100)
- groundnuts, shelled, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing, roasted or otherwise cooked) (CN: 12024200)