China is considering making an order of “hundreds” of aircraft to Airbus next month, when European leaders are expected to travel to Beijing to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of official relations between the Asian country and the European Union (EU), as reported.
That medium, which quotes anonymous sources, indicates that the agreement could be closed in about 300 devices of wide and narrow fuselage, while another of the people consulted raises the possible figure to about 500 aircraft, something that would make it one of the biggest purchases of aircraft in history and the largest for China.
In any case, these sources clarify that the negotiations remain open and that the possible covenant could fall or close on a later date. At the moment, neither Airbus nor the Chinese authorities in charge of the negotiations for the purchase of aircraft have issued any official confirmation in this regard.
France and Germany, two of the countries that control Airbus, could send their leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz, to the July summit in Beijing. What is certain is that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, confirmed that he will travel to China in September to attend the acts for the 80th anniversary of the end of the II Sin-Japanese War (1931-1945), within the framework of World War II.
To then sign the agreement, it could also be interpreted as a sign of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to his American counterpart, Donald Trump, about the will to strengthen commercial ties with the EU while those who unite China with the US deteriorate following the commercial war between the both powers.
Nevertheless, Bloomberg He points to the main rival of Airbus, the American Boeing, as one of the possible winners of a hypothetical commercial agreement between Beijing and Washington, since the company is one of the main exporters of the North American country. In the recent commercial pact with the United Kingdom, one of the most prominent points was precisely the sale of airplanes.
In any case, Boeing has been fallen in the Chinese market for years in the face of commercial tensions and security concerns, which translated into a veto of almost five years at 737 Max after two separate accidents with a total of 346 dead in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
This, together with other temporary vetoes such as that of a month between April and May to the delivery of Boeing aircraft to Chinese companies following the tariff escalation between Beijing and Washington, has allowed Airbus to take advantage in the Asian country over recent years. Boeing has not received a large request from China since at least 2017.
Ukraine launched a warning to China
Meanwhile, Ukrainian intelligence services warned in May that China would be delivering products of military relevance to about twenty Russian factories of the arms industry, what China denied.
China’s authorities ruled out the sending of “lethal armament” to Russia after the accusations expressed by the Ukraine government, which also warned that among the alleged hundred Chinese citizens deployed within the framework of the Russian invasion there would be intelligence agents.
The spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry of China, MAO NO, said during a press conference that the position of the country with respect to the war in Ukraine “has been clear from the first moment.” “We have been actively asking for a high fire, while trying to persuade the parties to achieve peace and foster peace conversations,” he said.
“China has never delivered lethal weapons to any of the parties and has a strict control of those artifacts that may have double use. We are very clear when addressing this and oppose any accusation about an alleged political manipulation,” he said.
These words arrive after Ukraine stopped two Chinese citizens after a series of fighting with Russian forces in Donetsk province. The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, said that these facts question the supposed neutrality of Beijing and said that there is evidence that more than a hundred soldiers from China are participating in the war.
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