US-EU trade tensions persist over digital taxes, other issues despite progress on deal
By Bradley Dress ( June 17, 2026, 18:10 GMT | Comment) -- The US and EU have outstanding and unresolved issues despite a major trade deal being almost over the finish line, with tensions lingering over digital service taxes, newly proposed artificial intelligence rules and the potential renewal of a years-long dispute over airplane subsidies. Longstanding tensions over DSTs erupted again this week and tensions are simmering over a new AI law working its way through the EU and the expiration next month of a deal that suspended $11.5 billion in tariffs on US airplane producer Boeing and EU producer Airbus. The US and EU have outstanding and unresolved issues despite a major trade deal being almost over the finish line, with tensions lingering over digital service taxes (DSTs), newly proposed artificial intelligence rules and the potential renewal of a years-long dispute over airplane subsidies....
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