Trump says China 'reneged' on Boeing deal as tensions flare
An Air China Boeing 737-800 plane lands at Beijing International airport on Apr 10, 2025. (File photo: AFP/Wang Zhao)
WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Apr 15) that China has gone back on a major Boeing deal, after a news report that Beijing ordered airlines not to take further deliveries of the US aviation giant's jets.
Trump's comments on social media followed a Bloomberg news report about the halt. The report also said that Beijing requested Chinese carriers to pause purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from US firms.
"Interestingly, they just reneged on the big Boeing deal, saying that they will 'not take possession' of fully committed to aircraft," said Trump in a Truth Social post, referring to China as trade tensions flared between the world's two biggest economies.
Although Trump has slapped new tariffs on friend and foe since returning to the presidency this year, he reserved his heaviest blows for China - imposing additional 145 percent tariffs on many Chinese imports.
Trump took aim at Beijing again on Tuesday, saying on Truth Social that China did not fully fulfil a trade deal that marked a truce in both sides' escalating tariffs war during his first term.
