Boeing Seen Dodging Real Pain From China Warning Shot on Tariffs
- Import levies would land mostly on jets due to be phased out
- Proposal is message to Trump administration, JPMorgan says
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After reading the fine print on China’s proposed aircraft tariffs, Boeing Co. investors grew less alarmed about the prospect of a trade war.
The threatened 25 percent levy, which is based on an aircraft’s weight, targets a generation of Boeing’s 737 jetliners that are nearing the end of their production run. All but one model of Boeing’s newer 737 Max family would be exempt, according to a company document.