- Boeing has been effectively shut out of Chinese orders since 2017 while Airbus gained share.
- Negotiations remain in flux ahead of the Thursday summit between the US and Chinese presidents, according to two people briefed on the matter.
- The summit agenda is dominated by a trade truce, AI, Taiwan arms and commodity flows rather than aircraft purchases.
- Boeing's near-term objective is completing May's 200-jet accord, not securing a larger fresh pledge.
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“The planemaker instead is trying to finalize a May deal for China to buy 200 planes, rather than earlier hopes of securing new commitments for hundreds more jets, the people said on condition of anonymity because the talks are private.”