• Grounded Boeing 737 MAX airplanes fill an area adjacent to Boeing Field Wednesday in Seattle. Washington state lawmakers say they will introduce bills, at The Boeing Co.'s request, to suspend the aerospace giant's preferential business and occupation tax rate until the United States and European Union resolve their long-running international trade dispute. | AP
    Grounded Boeing 737 MAX airplanes fill an area adjacent to Boeing Field Wednesday in Seattle. Washington state lawmakers say they will introduce bills, at The Boeing Co.'s request, to suspend the aerospace giant's preferential business and occupation tax rate until the United States and European Union resolve their long-running international trade dispute. | AP

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SEATTLE – Washington state lawmakers moved on Wednesday to remove a key tax break for Boeing Co. and other aerospace firms in a bid to head off possible European tariffs on U.S. goods and ease a transatlantic trade dispute over aircraft subsidies.

The United States last week toughened its own tariffs on aircraft built by Boeing’s arch-rival, Europe’s Airbus, after winning approval last year from the World Trade Organization to penalize European goods over Airbus subsidies.

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