In any case, China is trying to compete in the aviation sector as well, with COMAC and the C919 plane already on the market. Why help Boeing when certification of its C919 had been stymied by the West? So, unless China can get certification for the C919 and other planes made by COMAC, China must pay back the USA in its own coin by not buying from Boeing.
Trump can gloat all he can about the deal, but are the deals already signed? China needs thousands of planes for its expanding domestic aviation sector alone, and Boeing knows the market in China is immense and cannot be ignored.
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What deal is Trump talking about? China just said those are preliminary discussions, not deals in the bag.
I heard somewhere that Boeing had already been in discussion with Chinese aviation sectors about orders for 500 Boeing jets, not 200, for international service. If that is true, it means Trump is still living under a rock, agreeing to the figure of 200 jets and a making a song and dance about it.
China now has many options buying from Airbus as well, so using Boeing as leverage is no more useful. Moreover, China must also remember that Boeing is one of the top USA weapon's manufacturers within the Military Industrial Complex of the USA. Supporting Boeing is helping the USA to make weapons to target China in time to come.
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