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View all search resultsTrump says China to potentially buy as much as 750 Boeing planes
The orders, if finalized, would mark Boeing's first major Chinese deal in nearly a decade, after the US planemaker was largely shut out of the world's second-largest aviation market amid trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.
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US President Donald Trump (right) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping as he leaves after a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15, 2026. (AFP/Evan Vucci)
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hina has agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, with a potential commitment to purchase up to 750 planes, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday, adding that the planes would have General Electric engines.
The orders, if finalized, would mark Boeing's first major Chinese deal in nearly a decade, after the US planemaker was largely shut out of the world's second-largest aviation market amid trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.
It would also be much-needed win for Trump, whose aggressive tariffs and other trade policies have so far failed to make much of a dent in the large US trade deficit.
Trump said he had made "fantastic trade deals" and settled "a lot of different problems" in his meetings with Xi this week, but hours after the summit ended on Friday details on exact agreements remained scarce.
After the first day wrapped, Trump said Xi had agreed to help open the Strait of Hormuz, as well as buy Boeing jets and more American oil and soybeans.
But there have been no formal announcements, and the Chinese foreign ministry would not confirm or deny Trump's statements when asked on Friday afternoon.
The reserve on the Chinese side echoes the tone of the summit as a whole, where Trump's overtures to Xi -- whom he described as a "great leader" and "friend" -- were met with more muted tones by Beijing.
However, the US leader said Friday "a lot of good" had come out of the visit.
"We've made some fantastic trade deals, great for both countries," he said after a walk with Xi among the rosebushes in the gardens of Zhongnanhai, a central leadership compound next to Beijing's Forbidden City.
"We've settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn't have been able to solve," Trump added, without providing specifics.
Xi, who promised to send Trump seeds for the White House Rose Garden, said it was a "milestone visit".
