Boeing got the easy part done. Now comes the tougher, existential problems

New York CNN — Boeing’s most immediate problem – an eight-week strike by 33,000 workers – is over. “This isn’t something that there’s just a light switch that flips,” Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg warned investors last month, even before machinists union members agreed to a deal. Renewed problems in China Among the most serious problems Boeing faces is President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to impose large tariffs on imports from China. China is the largest global market for new aircraft purchases, with Boeing forecasting that China’s fleet of commercial jets will double in the next 20 years. “There needs to be a full accounting for everything they do.” Need for new planes And there’s yet more mess Boeing needs to sort out.