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00:00GOOD MORNING. AS I SAY, 1000 PEOPLE IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, DOES THAT INSULATE AIRBUS FROM A DONALD TRUMP TWEET ? >> YOUR NEW PRESIDENT IS RIGHT, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THE U.S. ECONOMY AND U.S. JOBS, A MATTER OF FACT WE ANTICIPATE BECAUSE WE DECIDED A FEW YEARS AGO TO INVEST MASSIVELY IN THE ASSEMBLY OF AIRPLANES AND WE STARTED THE OPERATIONS LAST YEAR. WE DELIVERED 17 AIRCRAFT TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND ARE REALLY ON TRACK TO MOVE TO FOUR AIRCRAFT PER MONTH BY THE FINISH OF 2017. WE DELIVER ON OUR PROMISES AND WE CREATE AMERICAN JOBS IN MOBILE ALABAMA. GUY : ARE YOU PLANNING TO MEET YOU PRESIDENT-ELECT? >> NO, NOT PERSONALLY , PERHAPS TOM WILL HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS PROBABLY OTHER PRIORITIES TO DO WITH. GUY: HE SEEMS TO BE FOCUSED ON CORPORATE NEWS AT THE MOMENT BUT HE HAS MET BERNARDO KNOW, IS THERE A GRAPEVINE AMONG THE FRENCH EXECUTIVES THAT THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARN. >> NOT YET BUT I AM SURE I WILL TALK TO HIM AND HE WILL DEBRIEF ME. WE ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO VALUE. WE HAVE DECIDED FOUR YEARS AGO TO INVEST IN AMERICA, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS A BIG MARKET FOR US BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST PLACE TO BE REGARDING AEROSPACE. WE CREATE JOBS. ON TOP OF THAT, YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT WE ARE PROBABLY PROCURING MORE U.S. EQUIPMENT THEN OUR COMPETITORS, BOEING. OUR BIGGEST SUPPLY-CHAIN CONTRIBUTOR IS AMERICAN SUPPLIERS. GUY: WE WILL SEE THIS AFTERNOON THE HANDING OVER OF AN AIRCRAFT TO IRAN, DO YOU THINK THAT MAY CAUSE POLITICAL PROBLEMS FOR YOU IN WASHINGTON? >> I DO NOT THINK SO BECAUSE WE GOT THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, LICENSES, ESPECIALLY THE LICENSES FROM THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION. THIS WAS QUITE LONG OF A PROCESS BUT WE WENT THROUGH IT. WE ABIDE BY ALL REGULATIONS , INTERNATIONAL, EUROPEAN, AND OF COURSE AMERICAN. GUY: DO YOU EXPECT IT TO BE MORE PROBLEMATIC? AN ISSUE FOR LICENSES TO DELIVER COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT TO IRAN? >> WE ARE INTERNATIONAL PLAYER AND IRAN IS A GOOD MARKET AND WILL BE A GOOD CUSTOMER FOR US AND BOEING, WE CREATE JOBS, WE CONTINUE TO APPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL -- OUR MARKET IS NOT EUROPE. IT IS NOT AROUND, WE SUPPLY A LOT FOR AMERICA. WE WILL SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS. WE INTEND TO CONTINUE THE WAY WE PROCEED, TALKING TO THE EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN ADMINISTRATIONS. GUY: LET'S TALK EUROPEAN POLITICS, AIRBUS IS A PAN-EUROPEAN COMPANY, YOU MAKE THIS AIRCRAFT AROUND THE CONTINENTS, DIFFERENT PARTS AND HAMBURGER AND OTHER PLACES, AND INCREDIBLE OPERATION TO DO WHAT YOU DO, MARINE LE PEN IS NOT A PAN-EUROPEAN POLITICIAN, HAVE YOU MODELED WHAT AFFECTS A VICTORY FOR THE FRENCH ELECTIONS AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR YOU? >> WE HAVE A LOT TO DO, YOU ARE RIGHT, WE ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN EUROPE AND WE ARE INTERNATIONAL, JUST REFERRING TO OUR 1000 JOBS IN MOBILE AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO BE IN CHINA. BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE TO FACE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS AND POLITICAL DECISIONS. IF I TAKE THE U.K. , WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FRENCH ELECTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE NO CRYSTAL GLOBE TO TELL YOU WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT IN FRANCE. WE HAVE BREXIT, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT OF BREXIT? WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US IS THAT WE ARE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN MAINTAINING OUR OPERATIONS IN THE U.K. AND WHAT COUNTS THIS TWO PARAMETERS -- DO WE HAVE FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE IN THE U.K. IT WILL REMAIN BUSINESS FRIENDLY. SECOND, WHAT IS THE WORLDWIDE GROWTH? OUR MARKET IS DIRECTLY COMING FROM THE WORLDWIDE GROWTH COME IN OTHER TERMS, IF THE GROWTH IS ABOUT 3% PER YEAR WORLDWIDE, WE WILL ACHIEVE 5% GROWTH. GUY: CAN YOU SAVE THE A38 0 PROGRAM WITHOUT CREATING NEW ENGINES? >> THE BEST WAY FIRST OF ALL IS TO CONTINUE TO CONVINCE OUR CUSTOMERS THAT SUCH A LARGE AIRCRAFT COME INSTEAD OF BEING SEEN AS A COMMERCIAL RISK, IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, 60% HAVING FLOWN ARE READY TO MAKE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO CHANGE THEIR PLANS, FLIGHT DATES OR TO PAY MORE TO FLY ON IT BE PLAYING. -- FLYING ON THE PLANE. THE ERROR DOES THE MARKET IS FOR BIGGER AIRCRAFT AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO DOWN FROM TWO PER MONTH TO ONE PER MONTH, REDUCING OUR COSTS, NOT WORRYING UNDULY ON OUR PROFITABILITY. WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THE AIRCRAFT AS WE DO ON EACH AND EVERY FAMILY BUT FOR THAT WE NEED BETTER MARKET CONDITIONS. GUY: TOM KEENE WONDERS WHETHER ON LONG-HAUL FLIGHTS AS I'VE SITTING OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN,

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Fabrice Bregier, president and chief investment officer of commercial aircraft at Airbus, discusses the company's investment in the United States, providing aircraft to Iran, and engagement in the United Kingdom. He speaks with Bloomberg's Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

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