(Reuters) – Airbus reaffirmed its annual prospects on Tuesday while specifying its shareholders its intention to monitor “closely and actively” the commercial and economic disturbances that have shaken the markets in recent weeks.

During the group’s annual meeting, the managing director Guillaume Faury confirmed the financial forecasts announced in February and which, at the time, did not provide for the impact of potential new customs rights.

President Donald Trump has set up a salvo of new customs rights this month before partially suspending his “reciprocal” rights for most countries targeted for a period of 90 days. It is expected that the European Union (EU) aims at certain industries in return, aggravating the fears of airlines on deliveries of devices on both sides of the Atlantic.

Airbus is one of companies in the aerospace sector to have excluded the impact of potential customs duties from forecasts, which means that investors will scrutinize any change in tone in their next quarterly results.

Meanwhile, the sector continues to combat problems in the supply chain and a shortage of labor that has lasted from the Cavid-19 pandemic.

Guillaume Faury, who should be re -elected for a third term at the head of the European aircraft manufacturer, said the delays in the delivery of parts by his American supplier Spirit Aero continued to weigh on the production of the A350 and A220.

Airbus is finalizing the resumption of activities of at least four Spirit factories as part of a rare project shared with its American rival Boeing.

The group continues to aim for the integration of Spirit activities linked to its programs by the middle of the year, said Guillaume Faury.

(Report Tim Hepher, Pauline Foret, edited by Kate Entringer)

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