US says Chinese government blocking purchases of US-made planes
- Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said China was not abiding by commitments to buy US goods it made in 2020 as part of a trade deal
- Boeing last week raised its forecast slightly for China’s aircraft demand for the next 20 years, betting on the country’s quick rebound from Covid-19
United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday the Chinese government is preventing its domestic airlines from buying “tens of billions of dollars” of US-manufactured planes.
Raimondo said China was not abiding by commitments to buy US goods it made in 2020 as part of a trade deal made with the previous administration.
“I don’t know if Boeing is here. … There’s tens of billions of dollars of planes that Chinese airlines want to buy but the Chinese government is standing in the way,” she said in a question-and-answer session after a speech in Washington.
“The Chinese need to play by the rules. We need to hold their feet to the fire and hold them accountable,” she said.
Boeing and the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately comment.