China tells domestic airlines not to place new orders for Boeing jets, adding new pressure to the struggling American plane maker.

Shares of Boeing fell Tuesday following a report that China has halted the delivery of all its jets to airlines in the country as part of the escalating trade war.

On April 15 and 16, 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that China had halted or canceled all its orders of airplanes from the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing. An X post of a news report on the topic was captioned: 🚨JUST IN: China has just CANCELED all jet orders from American manufacturer Boeing to in response to President Trump hitting the country with tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods.