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A Boeing sign outside of the company's offices near Los Angeles International Airport, in El Segundo, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024.
PATRICK T. FALLON/Getty Images China has ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing BA-N jets in response to the U.S.
decision to impose 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of Boeing – which looks at China as one of its biggest growth markets and where rival Airbus holds a dominant position – were down 3 per cent in premarket trading. Beijing has also asked that Chinese carriers halt purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from U.
S. companies, the Bloomberg report said. China’s move to halt purchases of aircraft-related components is expected to raise maintenance costs for the jets flying in the country.
The U.S. and China have been embroiled in a tariff war triggered by U.
S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. China last week hiked levies on U.
S. imports to 125 per cent in retaliation against U.S.
tariffs. The Chinese government is considering ways to provide assistance to airlines that lease Boeing jets and are facing higher costs, Bloomberg News reported. Boeing did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
A 125 per cent duty would significantly raise the cost of Boeing jets bound for Chinese carriers, making them a financial burden and potentially prompting airlines to consider alternatives like Airbus and domestic player COMAC. China’s top three airlines – Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines – have plans to take delivery of 45, 53 and 81 Boeing planes, respectively, between 2025-2027. The escalating tit-for-tat tariffs between the world’s two biggest economies risk bringing goods trade between the world’s two largest economies to a standstill, according to analysts.
That trade was valued at over $650-billion in 2024. Trump, who said on Friday that he was comfortable with the tariffs on China, also suggested that a deal with Beijing could be on the horizon, but no agreement has been reached yet..
