China Sends Back Boeing’s $55M Jet to the US Amid Escalating Trade Tensions

A newly manufactured Boeing 737 MAX jet intended for China’s Xiamen Airlines was returned to the United States over the weekend, signaling a new low in the ongoing trade dispute between Washington and Beijing. The aircraft, valued at approximately $55 million, landed at Boeing Field in Seattle at 6:11 p.m. local time on Saturday, following a trans-Pacific journey with refueling stops in Guam and Hawaii.