US suspends engine sales to Chinese planemaker COMAC, New York Times reports

Source: Reuters

US suspends engine sales to Chinese planemaker COMAC, New York Times reports

Reuters
Wed, May 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM EDT 2 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has suspended some sales to China of critical U.S. technologies, including those related to jet engines to Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer COMAC, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

COMAC is developing its own commercial planes to compete with dominant planemakers Airbus and Boeing, but China does not yet have suitable homegrown engines and remains reliant on imports.

Citing two people familiar with the matter, the New York Times said the move was in response to China's recent restriction on exports of critical minerals to the U.S.

The newspaper said the department had suspended some licenses that allowed U.S. firms to sell products and technology to COMAC to develop its C919 aircraft, according to one person familiar with the matter.

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