Airbus CEO Says Potential Tariffs Risk Turning Into US Boomerang

Airbus SE Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury cautioned that any potential tariffs between the US and Europe could in fact be more problematic for his arch-rival, as US President Donald Trump prepares to announce major levies across different industries early next month.

“Tariffs in the middle of the Atlantic would really be a big burden for both sides,” Faury said in a Bloomberg TV interview from Toulouse, France. “And maybe that will be even tougher for the US manufacturer,” Boeing Co.

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