China and the West will reduce their mutual dependence in the long term, but there is no question of them breaking off trade ties, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said.

"I think a break-up of economic areas is unthinkable," he told the business daily. "I don't think that is a realistic scenario."

According to Handelsblatt, Airbus has a 50 percent market share in China thanks to its own production.  "We want to expand that and I see a good basis for that because our products are in demand in the country."