{"id":265534,"date":"2010-02-02T07:20:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/china-threatens-unprecedented-sanctions-against-boeing-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-02T07:20:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:20:07","slug":"china-threatens-unprecedented-sanctions-against-boeing-after-us-arms-sales-to-taiwan-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/265534","title":{"rendered":"China Threatens ‘Unprecedented Sanctions’ Against Boeing After US Arms Sales To Taiwan (BA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boeing may be the unintended casualty of last week’s arms sale to Taiwan.<\/p>\n

Beijing responded to the $6.4 billion deal with fury, threatening to discontinue security cooperation and impose unprecedented sanctions on US firms involved, according to China Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boeing, along with United Technologies, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, was involved in the sale of 60 Black Hawk helicopters and 114 Patriot Missiles to Taiwan.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chicago-based aerospace company would suffer massive loss of business from a China embargo, as it has manufactured and continues to supply over half the airplanes in China’s growing airline system<\/a>. The company also uses a high degree of parts made in China, according to China Daily<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as of yet, Boeing China is still in business, and the embargo is just a threat. Like Google’s<\/a>.
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