[cobookman]

“The US first filed the case in 2004, arguing that cheap European loans for Airbus amounted to illegal state subsidies.“

“The US was given the go-ahead to impose tariffs on $7.5bn (£6.1bn) of goods it imports from the EU following a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on Wednesday.”

The WTO imposed the tariffs against the EU due to a recent ruling.

[belltaco]

The US did not have to impose the tariffs under WTO but chose to.