US-China tensionsUS and EU bury the hatchet on aircraft subsidies to focus on China
Beijing-backed plane manufacturer makes inroads amid protracted feud
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden meet in Brussels on June 15. Biden attended a NATO summit the day before. © Reuters
YASUO TAKEUCHI and TAISEI HOYAMA, Nikkei staff writers
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and the European Union agreed to end a 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies amid broader efforts to repair cracks left in the trans-Atlantic alliance by the Trump administration to counter an increasingly assertive China.