"I want to thank the Singaporean people for their faith in American engineering and workers. Our American workers deliver the best product, by far," US President Donald J. Trump said after the signing of a US$13.8 billion deal by Singapore Airlines to buy 39 new aircraft from The Boeing Company.
WASHINGTON – In a vivid example of Singapore's sizeable investments in the United States despite being a small country of 5.5 million people, national carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) will buy 39 new aircraft from Boeing in a US$13.8 billion (S$18.7 billion) deal that will create 70,000 jobs in America.
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong join Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong and Boeing's commercial airplanes CEO Kevin McAllister as they sign a sales contract for planes in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, US October 23, 2017. Photo: REUTERS
WASHINGTON – In a vivid example of Singapore's sizeable investments in the United States despite being a small country of 5.5 million people, national carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) will buy 39 new aircraft from Boeing in a US$13.8 billion (S$18.7 billion) deal that will create 70,000 jobs in America.
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong join Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong and Boeing's commercial airplanes CEO Kevin McAllister as they sign a sales contract for planes in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, US October 23, 2017. Photo: REUTERS