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Boeing and GE Aerospace received a $96 billion order from Qatar Airways as President Trump looks to boost investments in defense and aircraft in the Middle East after reaching artificial intelligence and tech agreements on Tuesday. The order, announced Wednesday, includes up to 210 American-made Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 777X aircraft and more than 400 GEnx and GE9X engines from GE Aerospace. In separate releases, the companies said the agreement marks Boeing’s largest orders for widebody and 787 models to date, GE Aerospace’s biggest widebody engine order and Qatar Airway’s largest aircraft order in its history.