Regarding the C919, China's first mainline "big aircraft", many aircraft manufacturers believe that this is a strong competitor in the future market, and the United States will always block related technologies against such competitors. Trump did indeed do this at the beginning, but it didn't take long for General Electric to resume supplying Leap engines to the C919. So why did the United States, which maintained a blockade on other technologies, give in on the engine this time? What's the trick behind the matter?
According to the Beijing News, when blocking the export of C919 Leap engines, US officials used an excuse to prevent China from reverse engineering the engines and causing damage to American aviation companies. Of course, this statement is largely "nonsense". After all, the C919 itself is already a self-made aircraft from the outer shell to the engine. The imported American engine is only because its absolute performance is still better than the immature domestic ones. , It is only purchased for the needs of technology transition. But many people did not expect that the United States began to "slap itself in the face" in less than two months. Why is this?
First of all, it was naturally due to the epidemic. At the key point of the global outbreak of the epidemic, the blockade of countries around the world has led to a decline in the commercial prospects of the aviation industry, and General Electric, which produces engines, has been directly affected by the plummet of the US economy after the financial crisis. Fight back to its original shape". Later, in order to regain its strength, GM followed the US policy and focused on the energy industry. As a result, it ran into the oil war between Saudi Arabia and Russia and was further suppressed. This year’s epidemic has caused a severe setback in the global aviation industry. Mega companies such as Boeing may still be able to top the list, but General Electric’s engines may not have much demand and can only rely on China, where the market still exists.
This actually highlights the essence of the "limit pressure" method commonly used in Trump's governance. It seems that such pressure is no more room or even a general blockade of "war", but from the actual situation, the special Lampe’s strategy of exerting pressure so far has actually been to force these countries to choose sides, and none of the measures can truly affect the fundamental industries of the United States. However, this GM engine is obviously a strategic error of the US government, which has miscalculated China's demand for engines, and GM itself cannot afford the loss of the market, so it has to turn around in a hurry.
Secondly, letting go of the C919 engine is actually a "soft-film hard bubble" offensive method. The United States often used it during the Cold War. When China adopted the Leap engine again, some touted American technology and said to Chinese technology. People who “trust” will stand up against each other and even stir up public opinion. At the same time, when the Leap engine itself is of high quality, the United States can use various "sincerity" to make domestic manufacturers "paralyze" and give up high-cost development of their own engines, and then be able to "stuck their necks" in this field. This is the "silly" that is most likely to be hidden in it.
However, it is a pity that in order to achieve the above points, the domestic people must be able to "five by five" on the differences of public opinion. However, the performance of the United States during the epidemic has clearly made this kind of public opinion a counterattack or even a counterattack against the United States. It is criticism. At the same time, the Leap engine is only a solution that is required in business strategy. There is no so-called blockade of things that China can already develop on its own. And when projects such as C929 are in front of us, various funding and policy support will come one after another. The idea of surpassing the American engine will obviously overshadow the idea of "buying better than building".
In other words, GM has largely relied on the international market, and its own technology has not been completely irreplaceable, which makes it more difficult for it to leave the market temporarily when its own economic situation is not good. The U.S. economy itself has actually become quite weak under the epidemic, and it is difficult to use funds to support General Electric, so it had to make concessions on the engine. In other words, the technology that the United States can block is actually not a hard "nail."
