Trump threatens export controls on Boeing components in response to China


US President Donald Trump pronounces a deal to decrease drug costs with drug maker AstraZeneca on the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, on Oct. 10, 2025.

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The US may impose export controls on Boeing airplane components as a part of Washington’s response to Chinese language export limits on uncommon earth minerals, President Donald Trump stated on Friday.

“We’ve many issues, together with a giant factor is airplane. They (China) have lots of Boeing planes, and so they want components, and plenty of issues like that,” Trump advised reporters on the White Home, when requested what objects may the U.S. impose export controls on.

Chinese language airways have orders for no less than 222 Boeing jets, in keeping with Cirium, an aviation analytics firm.

The nation has 1,855 Boeing airplanes in service. The overwhelming majority of planes on order and in service are Boeing’s standard 737 single-aisle jet.