With an end to the latest Boeing 737 operational interruption in sight and 787 deliveries finally accelerating after nearly six months of virtual stagnation, the U.S. manufacturer is looking beyond its walls at potential threats to its much-needed commercial recovery.

The novel coronavirus pandemic remains top of mind, but a new and even less predicable threat is growing: a government-level political dispute that threatens to keep the massive Chinese market closed to new Boeing orders and, for now, the entire 737 MAX program.

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