As many as 103 passenger jet 787, 777 and 737 – so many new American aircraft to the fleet of Korean airlines. This is the effect of the agreement between the Boeing and Korean Air group, which was announced on Monday.
As BBC notes, The agreement was announced only a few hours after South Korea President Lee Jae Myung met with Donald Trump in Washington.
The meeting concerned 15 percent Dutch imposed by the US on an Asian country in July.
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New jet will appear at the “key moment” and will modernize the Fleet of the South Korean flagship carrier. The head of Korean Air Walter Cho, whom the BBC quotes, admitted that cooperation would provide the carrier with competitiveness after the merger of Asiana Airlines.
The contract was disclosed during a meeting of representatives of government and business leaders from both countries, with the participation of US Secretary of Trade Howard Lutnicka and the Minister of South Korea Trade Kim Jung-Kwan.
Directors of the technological giant Samsung and the car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group, as well as the head of Nvidia Jensen Huang were also present at the event.
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According to the Ministry of Trade in Seoul, The Korean Air agreement was one of the series of agreements concluded during the talks. As BBC explains, they include cooperation between Samsung's shipbuilding arm and Vigor Marine Group based in Oregon to support maintenance surgery for the United States Navy.
Seul previously promised $ 150 billion. for the support of the American shipbuilding industry under a trade agreement with Washington.
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Also on Monday, South Korean Hyundai announced that it was increasing its investments in the USA from $ 21 billion. up to $ 26 billion
Shortly after the meeting of Trump and Lee, the company announced that it is planning to open a new plant in the USA, which will be able to produce 30,000. robots per year.
Boeing's head for commercial aircraft, Stephanie Pope, recognized the order of Korean Air as a “breakthrough agreement”. According to Boeing, which employs over 170,000 people around the world, this agreement will provide about 135,000 jobs throughout the United States.
