David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, said he thinks negotiations over a possible deal involving Boeing and China are likely in their “final” days or weeks. “We’d like to get that deal done.”Boeing refused to comment on a potential order from China or Chinese companies. In January of last year, a panel called a door plug blew off a 737 Max shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. In July, federal prosecutors revived a criminal fraud charge against the company in connection with the deadly 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019. A nearly eight-week strike by the machinists who assemble the 737 Max and two other Boeing planes in Washington state halted production and further dented the company's finances.