00:00A group of U.S. lawmakers on a rare visit to Beijing
00:03has raised the prospect of a deal that could see China buying as many as 500 Boeing jets.
00:10This would be a major breakthrough in the world's second-largest aviation market
00:13after years of stalled orders amid trade tensions between the two countries.
00:19The bipartisan delegation is led by Democratic Representative Adam Smith,
00:24who met with Premier Li Chiang on Sunday, as well as China's economy and defense ministers.
00:30U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said negotiations on the Boeing deal
00:34could be in their final days or weeks, calling it very important to the president.
00:39According to a Bloomberg report last month,
00:42Boeing has been in talks to sell up to 500 aircraft to China.
00:46Boeing is one of America's biggest exporters
00:48and used to deliver about a quarter of its planes to China.
00:52However, the company has not secured a major Chinese order
00:56since U.S. President Donald Trump's first term in office.
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