US Halts Exports of Some Jet Engine Tech to China, NYT Says

US President Donald Trump has barred the export of critical US jet engine parts and technology to China, the New York Times reported.

The move could seriously impact China’s efforts to develop a domestic planemaking industry, with one person familiar with the matter saying the US Commerce Department had suspended some licenses that allowed US companies to sell products and technology to state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd.

Comac, as the plane maker is known, depends on GE Aerospace-made US engines for its C919 planes.

The latest salvo by Washington is yet another challenge for China amid a ...