The European airline maker, which is Boeing’s chief rival, said it would adapt to any new tariffs, including passing on costs to its customers.

Airbus, the world’s largest commercial airplane maker, said on Thursday that it was preparing for the possibility of new U.S. tariffs and would be able to “adapt accordingly,” including passing on higher costs to its American airline customers.

In a wide-ranging media conference at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France, the company’s chief executive, Guillaume Faury, also stepped up calls for European companies and governments to increase collaboration on defense at a time when the United States appears to be retreating from its security role in Europe.

President Trump’s rapid pivots on longstanding U.S. trade and security policy have increased uncertainty for businesses around the world, and have sent policymakers scrambling to figure out how to adjust. Last week, he set in motion a plan for so-called reciprocal tariffs on

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