China sends Boeing planes back to US over Trump tariffs – BBC
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Boeing’s boss says it’s looking to sell 50 more planes China has on order to other countries.
China sends Boeing planes back to US over tariffs
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Reuters A Boeing 737 MAX 8 intended for a Chinese airline is returned to a Boeing airfield, as trade tensions escalate over US tariffs on Chinese imports
China has sent back planes it ordered from the US in its latest retaliation over Trump tariffs, the boss of aircraft maker Boeing has said. Kelly Ortberg said two planes had already been returned and another would follow after trade tensions between the two countries escalated. Boeing’s chief executive told CNBC that 50 more planes were due to go to China this year but their customers had indicated they will not take delivery of them. The US put 145% tariffs on imports from China and it hit back with a 125% tax on US products.
Reuters A Boeing 737 MAX 8, the second jet intended for use by a Chinese airline to be returned to its manufacturer, flies mid-air before landing at Boeing Field.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said he was optimistic about improving trade relations with China, saying the level of tariffs he had imposed would “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero”. However, Mr Ortberg said China “have in fact stopped taking delivery of aircraft because of tariff environment”. Boeing is America’s largest exporter with about 70% of its commercial aircraft sales outside of the US. Mr Ortberg said Boeing was assessing options to re-market 41 of the already built planes to other customers as there was high demand from other airlines. He said there were nine planes not yet in Boeing’s production system and he wanted to “understand their intentions and if necessary we can assign to other customers”. He added Boeing was “not going continue to build aircraft for customers who will not take them”.
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