US ‘working on’ China allowing Boeing 737 MAX to fly again, says Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo
- The Boeing 737 MAX has returned to service in most of the Americas and Europe after two deadly crashes more than two years ago
- But China, the first country to ground the 737 MAX, has yet to lift its ban on flying the plane
The Biden administration is engaging with China in an effort to win approval for Boeing 737 MAX planes, which remain banned in the country even as other jurisdictions have reauthorised it following crashes.
“We’re absolutely working on it,” US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in an interview Tuesday with Bloomberg Television’s David Westin.
“China’s a big market, and we have to make sure American companies can do business there and export there.”
The Boeing 737 MAX has returned to service in most of the Americas and Europe after two deadly crashes more than two years ago.
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“China’s civil aviation authorities maintain communication with the [Federal Aviation Administration] in the US and the relevant US business, and they are advancing relevant work in an orderly and positive way,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular news briefing in Beijing on Wednesday.