New Delhi, April 15 -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday (April 15) accused China of reneging on a major aircraft deal with Boeing, following a report that Chinese authorities had ordered domestic airlines to stop accepting new deliveries from the US aerospace company.

"Interestingly, they just reneged on the big Boeing deal, saying that they will 'not take possession' of fully committe to aircraft," Trump wrote on Truth Social, without elaborating on the size or specifics of the agreement.

Bloomberg reported that Beijing had instructed its airlines to suspend not only jet deliveries but also purchases of related equipment and parts from American firms, in what appears to be retaliation for escalating US tariffs.

In the same post, Trum...