Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg said he was working with the Trump administration to ensure the company was not “an unintended consequence” of the trade war with China, suggesting countries buy more of its planes to reduce their trade deficits with the US.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Ortberg, who took the helm in August, also said the launch of a new aircraft expected to replace its best-selling 737 Max was not an immediate priority, saying the “market is not ready now”.
As America’s largest exporter, Boeing has been caught in the crossfire of Donald Trump’s volatile trade war, which has upended the aerospace industry’s decades-old tariff-free status, putting aircraft deliveries at risk and straining supply chains.