Beijing Warns of 25% Tariff On Boeing 737NG Aircraft

Where China will really hurt the USA is through tariffs on the agricultural products they purchase from us. Like it or not, a large percentage of US farmers rely heavily on sales to China, and the tariffs will seriously hurt them. There are NO winners in a trade war, that's why people that actually understand international economics don't start trade wars.

The biggest and most difficult to overcome issue is... one of ego. Trump started this nonsense, and keeps tweeting that he wants a trade war, so the chance of his backing away is about as great as.... Trump picking a qualified cabinet secretary? ... or perhaps having him keep his campaign to protect the DACA kids that he is now rushing to deport? .... or perhaps simply having him admit that 90% of his claims du jour are lies! On a scale of 1 to 100, that isn't even a positive number. No, there is little, if any, wiggle room here, so as they used to say in ancient Greece, "Gird up your loins" and enjoy what is to come as best as you can, and as for me? Well, I'm looking for a new computer and a new flat screen today, before prices can spike....

Boeing claimed the CSeries was an "existential threat" to the entire 737 program. I wonder what melodramatic term they'll come up with for the Chinese tariff. The difference is that this time, it's something that really will hurt Boeing.

Another great article...
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-in-line-to-be-hit-by-chinas-proposed-retalia-447294/

IMHO this is just face-saving saber rattling. They're just angry that an American president finally stood up to them. Beijing would never risk hurting China's burgeoning airlines by making B737s prohibitively expensive. And Airbus isn't an option since they aren't able to produce aircraft soon enough. This will all blow over once face-to-face negotiations take place.