By Dan Catchpole and Lisa Barrington
SEATTLE (Reuters)-A Boeing jet intended to be used by a Chinese airline landed on Sunday at the American production center of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the tit-for-tat launched by President Donald Trump in his world offensive.
The 737 Max, which was intended for the Chinese Xiamen Airlines, landed on the Seattle Boeing field at 6:11 p.m. (0111 GMT), according to a Reuters witness. He was painted with the Xiamen livery.
The jet, which made refueling stops in Guam and Hawaii during its return trip of 5,000 miles (8,000 km), was one of the 737 maximum aircraft pending at the Zousehan Completion Center in Boeing for the final work and delivery to a Chinese carrier.
Trump increased basic prices on Chinese imports to 145%this month. In retaliation, China imposed a 125% rate on American products. A Chinese airline taking delivery of a Boeing jet could be paralyzed by prices, given that a new 737 max has a market value of around $ 55 million, according to IBA, an aviation consulting firm.
It is not clear which part decided that the plane returned to the United States Boeing did not immediately respond to the request for comments. Xiamen did not respond to the request for comments.
The return of the 737 Max, the best -selling model in Boeing, is the last sign of disturbance of the new aircraft deliveries from a rupture of the decade of the decade of the aerospace industry.
The tariff war and the apparent deliveries on deliveries on the UP came while Boeing was recovering from an import gel of almost five years out of 737 maximum planes and a series of previous trade tensions.
The confusion on the evolution of the prices could leave many aircraft deliveries in the limbo, some CEOs of airlines saying that they would postpone the delivery of planes rather than paying the tasks, according to analysts.
(Report by Dan Catchpole in Seattle and Lisa Barrington in Seoul; edition of Joe Brock and William Mallard)
