Transportation

Boeing Gets Its China Deal at Trump’s Visit, With Many Questions

A Boeing 737 Max passenger jet at the company's manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, US.

Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg

Boeing Co. appears to have secured its long-awaited order from China during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the country, but whatever accord was reached remained nebulous on numbers, aircraft type and a sense of timing.

Rather than formally announcing an agreement — as is customary between the aircraft manufacturer and a customer — Trump said during a television interview appearance that China would buy 200 “big” aircraft.