The US plane manufacturer Boeing has begun flying 737 Max jets that were refused by Chinese airline customers back to the United States, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates.
  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    If they are flying them back, they should pay the 145% tariff. After all it is China paying it, right?

    • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      3 months ago

      If they are refusing to pay for them, leaving them there would be gifting them to those airlines. Boeing is owed money, not the other way around.

    • tomatolung@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      Yea, an area where the unintended consequences are actually going to push China domestically built airlines to be competitive with Airbus and Boeing, even if they lack the range and efficiency.

    • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
      341·
      3 months ago

      Trump: I’ll trade you a shitshow of stupidity and backstabbing friends while rivals watch me smear shit on my face and I blow my enemies. In exchange I burn my country to the ground for no reason.

      China: Deal

      Americans: Deal

      Russians: Deal

      Rest of the world: WTF!!! Ah, fuckit. Deal.

  • justsomeguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    85·
    3 months ago

    Damn, that’s not fair. Boeing were doing their best to make their planes unbuyable with their absolute trash company culture resulting in tons of safety issues. They almost had it on their own and now the trade war madness is stealing their thunder.

    It’s like shooting a man that is about to jump off a cliff. Just let them cook. They got this.