@ElEctric no, there's not much to read into it, and with Airbus having assembly lines in the US, the borders have been blurred, simply put one sales team was better than the other
product wise, too soon to compare the MAX with the neo
FWIW in the 320 v 737 battle, end of last year IIRC Airbus now has more 320's in service than 737's, a historic feat