EU to speed up trade talks with ASEAN, Shanghai Aircraft becomes supplier for Airbus

EU to speed up trade talks with ASEAN

www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-12 16:43:42

JAKARTA, April 12 (Xinhua) --

A visiting official of the European Union (EU) said in Indonesia that the EU will speed up negotiations on a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), according to local press Saturday.

Karl Falkenberg, the European Commission's deputy director general for trade, said negotiations had made some progress since talks began in May 2007.

"It's important for us to know where the individual ASEAN members are," he was quoted by major newspaper The Jakarta Post assaying.

"We have set the rather ambitious target of completing negotiations in about a year or a year and half, so we should be able to achieve some kind of outcome," Falkenberg told the daily, adding that the EU is interested in moving the talks forward rapidly and comprehensively.

Falkenberg will also hold similar talks with trade ministers of Brunei and the Philippines, according to the newspaper. 　

Editor: An Lu

Shanghai Aircraft becomes supplier for Airbus

www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-11 21:39:32

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) --

Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (SAMF) became a supplier to Airbus on Friday when it delivered its first set of cargo door frames for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft to the French company.

Wang Wenbin, SAMF president, said the delivery was realized through the joint efforts of the two companies that started at the end of 2005. The following February, the companies, together with China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation, signed a related contract worth about 16 million U.S. dollars.

This year, SAMF planned to deliver 22 cargo door frames to Airbus. In 2009, the production would increase to 12 units per month.

So far, six Chinese manufacturers are supplying parts for Airbus aircraft. The total value of industrial cooperation between Airbus and China's aviation industry was expected to approach 200 million U.S. dollars annually in 2010 and 450 million U.S. dollars in 2015.

Editor: Wang Hongjiang

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