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Trump says China will buy 200 planes from Boeing, with a possibility of expanding the deal to 750
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.
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According to PBS News’s source item, Trump says China will buy 200 planes from Boeing, with a possibility of expanding the deal to 750, 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.
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