U.S. Boeing Company has resumed deliveries of 737 MAX aircraft to China for the first time since April, indicating that despite the long-standing tariff deadlock between China and the U.S., bilateral trade exchanges are gradually resuming.
According to Bloomberg, flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed that a Boeing 737 Max aircraft, registered as N230BE, departed from Seattle Airport on the morning of the 6th Pacific Daylight Time, heading to Hawaii, after which it will fly to the delivery center in Zhoushan, China. This is the first commercial aircraft Boeing has sent to China since early April this year.
Reuters reported that the Boeing aircraft flying from Seattle to Hawaii is the same aircraft that returned to the U.S. from Zhoushan in early April.
Bloomberg reported that the Chinese government lifted the import ban on Boeing planes on May 12th as a result of a temporary agreement reached in Geneva. The agreement included China reducing tariffs on U.S. goods from 125% to 10%, while the U.S. reduced comprehensive tariffs on most Chinese imports from 145% to 30%. However, the agreement is only for 90 days, which leaves the market uncertain about the prospects for Boeing's deliveries.
The aviation industry has always been an important source of trade surplus for the U.S., and cooperation in the aerospace field between the two parties still has considerable mutual benefits.