China tells airlines to
suspend Boeing jet
deliveries
Bloomberg says the government is mulling helping carriers that lease Boeing jets and face higher costs.
Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the world’s two biggest economies have been locked in a tit-for-tat tariff war, with the US now charging levies of up to 145% on imports from China.
Beijing has reacted furiously to what it calls unlawful “bullying” by Washington and has imposed retaliatory duties of 125% on US imports, dismissing further hikes as pointless.
Bloomberg News reported today that China had also ordered airlines to halt deliveries of Boeing planes, citing people familiar with the matter.
Beijing has also told its carriers to suspend purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from US companies, the financial news outlet reported the people as saying.
AFP has contacted Boeing and China’s foreign ministry for comment.
Beijing’s reciprocal tariffs on US imports would likely have triggered significant rises in the cost of bringing in aircraft and components.
Bloomberg said the Chinese government is mulling helping carriers that lease Boeing jets and face higher costs.
Trump’s fusillade of tariffs has roiled world markets and upended diplomacy with allies and adversaries alike.
The mercurial US leader announced an abrupt freeze on further hikes last week but gave Beijing no immediate reprieve.
US officials on Friday announced exemptions from the latest duties against China and others for a range of high-end tech goods such as smartphones, semiconductors and computers.
"Bloomberg News reported today that China had also ordered airlines to halt deliveries of Boeing planes, citing people familiar with the matter."
ReplyDeleteWakakakaka, as usual the source coming from "citing people familiar with the matter"!
Sound so so familiar with these yankee news media!
Old Bully better be careful. Young Bully can instruct Boeing from supplying spare parts to the hundreds of Boeing planes now flying in Old Bully airlines. Without certified spare parts these planes are no longer safe to operate. The parts must be copied in Shenzhen, which would be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Boeing's internal records, all China operated fleets have excellent maintenance records. & many spare parts r kept in Zhoushan & Tianjin, China.
DeleteHowever, with the ongoing Sino-US trade tensions, the Chinese have planned long ago to slowly phased out dependencies on foreign technologies & materials.
So, mfer, don't u worry, Boeing china fleet wouldn't suffer the same fate as of those yanks fighterjets.
BullyXi instructs no more Boeing planes but promptly steps into an Air China 747 for his trip to ASEAN. What a Joke.
ReplyDeletejoke?
DeleteWhen was that plane been purchased?
By now, the only Boeing heritage is the outwardly appearance.
饮水思源， no matter how much that water has been changed.
Anmokausai like a mfering u, WON'T understand!