Chinese customers are rejecting new jets due to tariffs, Boeing confirms

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SEOUL: Boeing's Chinese customers are refusing delivery of new planes built for them due to tariffs, the U.S.planemaker has confirmed, as a third Boeing jet started returning to the U.S.on Thursday.

"For the nine airplanes not yet in the production system, we're engaged with our customers to understand their intentions for taking delivery and if necessary, we have the ability to assign those positions to other customers," Ortberg said.

It had been ferried from Seattle on April 5, in the period between Trump first announcing tariffs on China and Beijing starting to enforce its own ramped up tariffs on U.S.goods.

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