A Chinese airline named Xiamen Airlines returned a brand new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to the United States due to high tariffs on all imports from the United States amid an escalating global trade war, reported the news agency Reuters on Monday, April 21.
Boeing Co. is based in the United States and is one of the world’s largest defence and passenger aircraft manufacturers. Boeing’s supply to China is reportedly at a halt after US President Donald Trump and China went on a head-on tariff war, increasing the import tariffs to 125 per cent for all US goods into China, and 145 per cent for all Chinese goods into the US.
The news agency also cited a witness who confirmed that the Boeing 737 MAX, which was meant for Xiamen Airlines, landed at Boeing’s Seattle airbase at 6.11 pm on Sunday. The aircraft was painted in the Chinese Airlines’ livery, as per the report.
