A remarkable example of genuine European cooperation, Airbus Industrie has destroyed the old American monopoly in commercial airliner production, taking about a third of all new orders and creating considerable US-EU friction. David Thornton describes the process by which the individual European countries involved in the Airbus consortium were able to overcome enormous obstacles and successfully integrate their very different aerospace industries to create a new industrial giant.
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A remarkable example of genuine European cooperation, Airbus Industrie has destroyed the old American monopoly in commercial airliner production, taking about a third of all new orders and creating considerable US-EU friction. David Thornton describes the process by which the individual European countries involved in the Airbus consortium were able to overcome enormous obstacles and successfully integrate their very different aerospace industries to create a new industrial giant.
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