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The first production model of the new Boeing 787 airplane was unveiled on July 8, 2007, at Boeing’s assembly plant in Everett, Wash. The World Trade Organization ruled Friday that the European Union provided illegal subsidies to Airbus for its aircraft. Airbus and Boeing are major competitors, and Boeing has contended the subsidies were an unfair practice. The preliminary ruling by the Geneva-based WTO, although expected to be challenged by the European Union, could begin to shake up the $3.2 trillion global market in new jetliners, in which Airbus has overtaken Boeing.

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