Trump, Boeing and China
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Share Aircraft manufacturer Boeing will make its first major sale to China in nearly a decade with an order for 200 planes, President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday, a deal he said had been made during his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping this week and that could grow to as many as 750 planes.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg says a potential deal for hundreds of jets is dependent on Trump-Xi negotiations as corporate leaders travel to China.
Boeing Co. appears to have secured its long-awaited order from China during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the country, but whatever accord was reached remained nebulous on numbers, aircraft type and a sense of timing.
President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to buy 750 Boeing planes from the United States.