Boeing Says It Doesn’t Expect Major Impact From Tariffs
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Boeing’s chief financial officer said tariffs most likely won’t have a short-term impact on the supply chain or plane orders.
Boeing chief financial officer Brian West said Wednesday that the plane maker most likely won’t see “material near-term impact” from tariffs.
“On the supply chain, on the input side, for us, we don't see material near-term impact,” West said at an investor conference. “And part of that is because we have, as many of you know, a lot of inventory that was purchased pre-tariffs. It's also important to understand that 80% of our commercial spend and over 90% of our defense spend in our supply chain is U.S.-based.”
President Donald Trump said he would place tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. The Trump administration has also said it would place a 25% tariff on steel and alum
