After years of stalled trade since the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. officials on a rare visit to Beijing said a deal being negotiated could see China commit to purchasing more Boeing jets.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to China David Purdue said he believed the negotiations had entered their last days or weeks, adding that the deal is “very important” to President Donald Trump and Boeing.
“I think it’s very important to China,” he added. “I think that we’re in the last days of that, weeks of that negotiation, and we’re hopeful that will turn out to be the case.”…