Faury, who visited Washington last week with French President Emmanuel Macron, also told reporters the competitive impact of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, which includes support for alternative fuel, was "a real subject of concern".

Faury was speaking to the AJPAE aerospace media association in his role as head of France's aerospace industry asociation, GIFAS.

(Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by Toby Chopra)