Trump warns EU of $11-bn tariffs over its subsidies to Boeing rival Airbus

Levies would fall on helicopters, wines and some motorcycles

President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing tariffs on some $11 billion in imports from the European Union in response to harm the U.S. says is being caused by the bloc’s subsidies to Boeing Co. rival Airbus SE.

In issuing the list, which includes passenger helicopters, various cheeses and wines, ski-suits and certain motorcycles, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office cited the World Trade Organization’s finding that the aid to Airbus has “repeatedly” caused “adverse effects to the United States,” the USTR said in a statement Monday evening.

The Trump administration said, starting Monday, it is beginning a process under Section 301 of the