US authorities want to ban the supply of aircraft engines for C919 airliners in China: “They can copy”
In China, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal published in the US that the US administration was preparing to introduce restrictive measures against the Chinese aircraft industry was outraged. The materials of the American media, citing sources in the administration of President Trump, said that Washington intends to ban General Electric Corporation from exporting LEAP-1C aircraft engines to China.
Newspapers report that the US administration fears the technology of these aviation power plants can be copied for their further implementation by Chinese companies.
If the supply of these engines to China is blocked, then the program will endanger the civilian airliner C919, the start of full operation of which the Chinese company Comac has planned for 2021. C919 aircraft are assembled in China with LEAP-1C engines developed by GE and Safran. GE previously licensed Chinese manufacturers to operate these power plants on the latest airliners.
From material in the American media:
The Chinese media note that this is another intervention by US authorities in trade relations between companies.
Aviation Expert Wang Yanyan for the Global Times:
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