Boeing in talks to sell up to 500 jets to China

BOEING IS HEADING closer toward finalising a deal with China to sell as many as 500 aircraft, according to people familiar with the matter, a transaction that would end a sales drought that stretches back to US President Donald Trump's last visit in 2017.

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The two sides are still hammering out terms of the complex aircraft sale, including the types and volume of jet models and delivery timetables, according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential matters.

The mega sale to China, years in the making, is contingent on the two nations defusing the trade hostilities that hark back to Trump's first term in office — and could still fall apart, they said.