China suspends American Boeing receptions that have become too expensive – Liberation
This should still throw oil on the fire of Sino-American tensions. China has ordered its airlines to suspend any aircraft reception by the American manufacturer Boeing, on a background intensification of the trade war with the United Statessaid the Bloomberg news agency on Tuesday, April 15, April 15. Information confirmed a few minutes later by Donald Trump himself. The American president said on his social social network that Beijing had « Retract » on one « huge » Contract with the aeronautical manufacturer Boeing, by refusing the delivery of ordered planes.
China has also asked the country’s airlines « Stop any purchase of equipment and spare parts for planes from American companies »according to Bloomberg, who quotes people close to the file. According to the American financial agency, these orders were issued by the Chinese authorities After the customs reprisal measures decided by Beijing last week. Neither the Chinese Foreign Ministry nor Boeing reacted.
Donald Trump imposed customs duties up to 145 % on a large quantity of Chinese products. In response, the Asian giant imposed 125 % retaliatory customs surcharge on imported American goods. These surcharges more than double the cost of planes and spare parts made in the United States And arriving on Chinese soil.
In fact, they would therefore have imposed an additional cost that is difficult to bear for Chinese airlines. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese government also plans to help carriers who rent Boeing aircraft and have to face higher costs.
Last week, the financial agency had already said that the Chinese company Juneyao Airlines had postponed the delivery – scheduled for the coming weeks – of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner because of the new customs duties.
According to its website, its order book contained at the end of March 130 planes intended for Chinese customers (airlines and leasing companies). But some customers preferring not to be identified, it could be more. Around 2:30 p.m., Boeing action lost 1.81 % on the New York Stock Exchange.
The announcement by Donald Trump of his customs rights campaign against imported products, presented as having to remedy the American trade deficit, Shapelled the Globe stock markets And accentuated concerns for global growth.
The American president suspended Wednesday, and for 90 days, the so -called customs duties « Converse » going beyond 10 %. But it maintains a strong pressure on China. The United States also granted Friday A provisional exemption from surcharge on high-tech productssmartphones and computers in mind, as well as on semiconductors.
Michael O’Leary, director general of Ryanair, the first airline in Europe in number of passengers, threatened on Tuesday to delay the delivery of 25 Boeing planes expected from August if they cost more because of customs duties.
