MANAMA: Bahrain will invest more than $17bn in the United States. The White House outlined the new deal before a meeting between Crown Prince and Prime Minister His Royal Highness Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and US President Donald Trump.
As part of the investment, Bahrain will sign a deal between Gulf Air and Boeing/GE valued at about $7bn for 12 aircraft with an option for six more.
The deal also includes the sale of 40 GE engines, according to the White House.
The White House said the Bahrain deal will support 30,000 American jobs and was secured with help from Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
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Bahrain is expected to be signing deals with Oracle and Cisco, with plans to replace Chinese servers with Cisco products, the White House said.
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