Hope fading for new Boeing deal during US — China summit, sources say

Boeing has been effectively shut out from Chinese orders since 2017 as Airbus gained share Trump-Xi summit agenda is dominated by trade truce, AI, Taiwan arms and commodity flows Boeing now aims to complete May's 200-jet accord, not win a larger fresh pledge, sources say By Dan Catchpole and Tim Hepher SEATTLE, Sept 23 (Reuters) — Hopes for a new China commitment to buy Boeing planes are sinking ahead of a Thursday summit between the US and Chinese presidents, two people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday, with negotiations still in flux. 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. The provisional deal struck in tandem with US President Donald Trump's last summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing put Boeing back into competition for Chinese jetliner orders. The US planemaker had been effectively shut out since 2017, while European rival Airbus had continued to expand its market share in one of the world's biggest aviation markets. China is expected to order around 9,000 new j