China on Wednesday said it will buy 200 Boeing BA.N jets and seek an extension of a trade truce struck with the US that is set to expire this November, following a high-profile summit of the countries’ leaders aimed at stabilizing bilateral ties.
The purchase, announced in a statement by the Chinese commerce ministry, marked Beijing’s first confirmation of the Boeing order, though it did not elaborate on the types of planes China would buy.
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If finalized, the orders would mark Boeing’s first major Chinese deal in nearly a decade, after the US plane maker was largely shut out of the world’s second-largest aviation market amid trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.
US President Donald Trump visited China last week for a summit with President Xi Jinping, in a trip that produced a series of trade pledges including the Boeing purchase and agricultural market access.
