Too bad politics gets in the way of business so often. By angering China, did Boeing inadvertently help its European rival Airbus? I wonder if Airbus parent EADS has crossed China by selling arms to Taiwan.
Boeing may be the unintended casualty of last week's arms sale to Taiwan.(Business Insider) 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.
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With U$300B trade deficit with China in 2009, it is time for US to take a stand on the trade issue.
If China decides to slap a sanction because of the sales of arm to Taiwan, maybe US should rethink about who and what we should let into this country .
Free trade should be a 2-way street.