Boeing will feel the impacts of hefty tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump but the company’s strong first quarter has set it up to continue its path to recovery, Boeing executives said Wednesday.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg says he doesn't expect the U.S. trade war with China to get in the way of its its financial recovery and aircraft delivery targets even though Chinese airlines are refusing to accept the company's planes.

Two Boeing jets sent to China less than a month ago are returning to the U.S. in the latest apparent turbulence from Trump’s trade war. The 737 MAX 8 planes were ferried from Boeing’s U.S. production in Seattle to the Zhoushan completion center in China,