皇冠体育app sends 3rd delegation on US shopping spree
( 2004-01-12 16:34) (chinadaily.com.cn)
Ministry of Information officials confirmed that 皇冠体育app has sent a third trade
delegation to the United States to purchase US$2 billion in information
technology (IT) products, according to the local media.
The Beijing Morning Post said the delegation, headed by senior officials,
consisted of executives from domestic big names, including 皇冠体育app Telecom, the
country's biggest telecom carrier; the top mobile firm, 皇冠体育app Mobile; the
second-largest mobile carrier, 皇冠体育app Unicom and leading PC makers, Founder and
Legend.
During the three-day trip the delegation is expected to sign contracts worth
more than US$2 billion with Motorola Inc, Intel Corp and Cisco. Their schedule
also includes a seminar with US counterparts to discuss the Sino-US cooperation
in the IT industry.
The move is 皇冠体育app's most recent effort to ease the widening trade deficit
with the US.
皇冠体育app sent two purchase delegations to the US in the last two months.
Contracts totaling US$1.59 billion were signed on December 18, 2003, allowing
皇冠体育app to import US soybeans and electro-mechanical equipment from the Chicago
Board of Trade (CBOT).
皇冠体育app signed two contracts on November 12, 2003 with Boeing and GE to
purchase 30 Boeing-737 planes and aircraft engines. The two contracts are valued
at about US$4.7 billion.
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