Highlights of New U.S. Trade Deals to China

President Barack Obama's administration on Jan. 19 unveiled commercial deals with China worth more than $45 billion in increased U.S. exports, saying they would help support 235,000 jobs in the United States.

The White House announced a selected list of 31 deals as Chinese President Hu Jintao was in Washington on a state visit.

Here are highlights of the White House list:

China to buy 200 Boeing aircraft valued at $19 billion. The deal includes 737s and 777s, with deliveries set between 2011 and 2013.
Boeing and Air China agreed to plan an inaugural international flight using sustainable aviation biofuels. Boeing, Honeywell, and Pratt & Whitney will team up to offer technical support to Air China for the first flight.
Westinghouse Electric Co. struck two nuclear industry agreements. Westinghouse will provide and install fuel fabrication equipment for China Baotou Nuclear Fuel; the U.S. firm extended by two years an agreement with China State Nuclear Power Technology Corp.
China's Ministry of Railways and General Electric signed a deal to expand their strategic partnership to bring Chinese high-speed rail technology to the U.S. A joint venture will be formed to manufacture trains in the U.S., while GE will build locomotives for China.
China approved a $400 million, 50-50 joint venture in diesel engine and truck manufacturing between the state-owned Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company and Navistar. Direct U.S .exports to the joint venture, to be based in Hefei City, Anhui Province, were estimated at $15 million for the first year.
General Electric inked several deals, including one to sell and install at least 50 gas turbine generator sets in China in the next 10 years, generating $350 million in U.S. exports. GE also will form a joint venture with AVIC to globally market advanced avionics systems for future commercial aircraft.
Caterpillar and Caterpillar China Investment Co. Ltd. -- a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar -- will sign an agreement under which $1.4 billion in US-manufactured mining and construction equipment, and diesel and gas turbine engines will be shipped to China.
Alcoa signed a deal with energy group China Power Investment Corporation for aluminum and energy projects in China and elsewhere worth an estimated $7.5 billion investment.