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**Headline: Airbus Soars at Paris Air Show Amid Tariff Tension; U.S. Signals Potential Shift**

**Paris, France** – Airbus dominated headlines at the Paris Air Show this week, securing a major deal with Vietnamese budget carrier Vietjet for up to 150 A321neo aircraft, potentially worth $9.4 billion. The deal underscores Airbus’s growing market share in Vietnam, where it already supplies 86% of planes. This news comes as the aviation industry grapples with the potential for renewed tariffs, but also with a glimmer of hope for a return to a tariff-free trade agreement.

Adding fuel to the fire, United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy expressed a desire to reinstate the 1979 zero-tariff trade agreement for civil aviation. This statement is one of the clearest indications yet that the Trump administration might consider reversing course on recent protectionist trade policies that have threatened the industry.

“Now, again, you look at what free trade has done for aviation. It’s been remarkable for them. It’s a great space of net exporters,” Duffy said.

Trump’s 10% import tariffs have created headaches for the aviation industry already battling supply chain challenges and facing fresh turbulence from last week’s deadly Air India crash and conflict in the Middle East. In early May, the US Commerce Department launched a “Section 232” national security investigation into imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines and parts that could form the basis for even higher tariffs on such imports.Airlines, planemakers and several US trading partners have been lobbying Trump to restore the tariff-free regime under the 1979 agreement.

Airbus has appeared to gain ground against its chief competitor Boeing, with airlines like Ryanair reconsidering Boeing purchases amidst the ongoing tariff threats. The U.S. manufacturer had a relatively subdued presence at the show, with many focusing on the probe into last week’s fatal crash of an Air India Boeing 787.

As the show continues, attention has shifted to other potential deals, including a possible order from AirAsia for 100 Airbus A220s. While Airbus’s potential deal with Royal Air Maroc deal was postponed, the company expects to reveal Egyptair as the airline behind a recent unidentified order for six more A350s.

The events at the Paris Air Show highlight the complex interplay between trade policy and the global aviation industry.

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