It was therefore a bizarre coincidence that the merger’s collapse came on the day that the Commission unveiled its new industrial strategy for regaining Europe’s competitive edge in the face of Asian and North American competition. One of the most powerful arguments for the EADS-BAE marriage had been the expectation of industry analysts that within 20 years China will challenge Airbus and Boeing in the global aviation market, while also creating a powerful new defense industry.
于是成就了一个奇怪的巧合，即合并失败和欧盟委员会公布其在面对亚洲和北美竞争时重新夺回欧洲竞争优势的全新产业战略就发生在同一天。EADS与BAE联姻最有力的理由是行业分析家预测在20年内，中国将在成就强大的全新国防工业的同时，对空客和波音在全球航空市场的地位形成挑战。目前来看这样的情况更有可能出现。