Washington (Reuters) -the United States have suspended some sale to China from critical American technologies, including those with regard to jet motors to the Chinese state possession in the space manufacturer Comac, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
With reference to two people who are familiar with the case, the newspaper said that the move was a reaction to China's recent limitation to the export of critical minerals to the US that the newspaper said that the department had suspended some licenses with which American companies could sell products and technology to Comac to develop its C919 planes.
The Commerce department and the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
The C919 is made in China, but many of its components come from abroad, including the Leap engine made by Ge Aerospace and French motor maker Safran. Ge Aerospace did not offer an immediate comment.
The C919 – designed to compete with best -selling narrow -body models from dominant flat -racers Airbus and Boeing – entered China in 2023 after winning the domestic safety certification in 2022.
The C919 currently only flies in China and Hong Kong.
In 2020, the first Trump administration granted a license to you to deliver engines for the jet. “I want China to buy our jet engines, the best in the world,” Trump said in February 2020. “I want to make it easy to do business with the United States, not difficult.”
You received a permit for the Leap motors in 2014.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward; editing by Paul Thomasch and Cynthia Osterman)
