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The Paris Air Show of June 2005, as in previous years, served as the stage for the intense competition between Airbus und Boeing. And given the volume and importance of the market for large civil aircraft, which they share, the two duopolists' increasingly sharp rivalry gets a lot of political attention. The conflict between the United States and the European Union about subsidies for new aircraft, simmering for many years already, was submitted to the World Trade Organization again in May 2005.