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India/U.S. Jet Deal could bring 27,000 jobs to U.S.


India/U.S. Jet Deal could bring 27,000 jobs to U.S.

17 OCT, 2010, 10.19AM IST,PTI
Oct. 18 – In a potential deal that would be completely off-limits for China, two major U.S. jet manufacturing companies, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, are vying for a US$10 billion Indian tender.

“If either jet wins, we estimate that it could bring 27,000 jobs to the U.S.,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs. Read More ...



Wall Street Journal reports:

U.S. Seeks Billions in India Deals

NEW DELHI—The U.S. is aiming to sell up to $5.8 billion of military-transport aircraft to India and secure other major deals when President Barack Obama travels to New Delhi early next month, a visit that will seek to alter the tenor of an increasingly tense commercial relationship between the world's largest democracies. Read More ...

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