For the past seven years, Zhoushan airport near Shanghai has been the delivery point and completion centre for new Boeing jets in China. But on Monday, against the darkening skies of a trade war, one 737 aircraft was heading back to where it came from.
Beijing has suspended orders for new jets after tariffs spiralled and Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg this week confirmed the company had taken back two planes that were in China due for delivery and is in the process of bringing back a third.
The returned planes illustrate how Donald Trump’s escalating trade war has disrupted US business in one of the world’s biggest markets.
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