But Boeing and Washington, where the aerospace company was founded 93 years ago, have long had a love-hate relationship, and if the firm, still the state's largest private employer, appeared last year to be saving Washington from the recession sweeping the rest of the country, those hopes died in September.
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Esta semana me dirijo a ustedes desde la planta de Boeing en Everett, Washington.
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Boeing's lobbyists in Washington are building congressional support for a renewed trade offensive against its European rival.
Stanley Ebner, former Senior Vice President of Washington Operations for the Boeing Company.
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner has just landed in Washington, DC.
Although the city is suffering from the loss of Washington Mutual and the downsizing of Starbucks, Boeing and Microsoft are still relatively strong.
First the Europeans alleged that their subsidies were legal and had done no harm to the U.S. Then they claimed Boeing had received even larger amounts of improper aid from Washington.
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Union workers complained that Boeing decided to change plans to use a factory in Washington State, opting rather to build a new plant in South Carolina, in response to three month strike in 2008.
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Washington (CNN) -- Airplane manufacturer Boeing builds some of the most complicated machines on Earth, but in its efforts to make wireless signals on airplanes better it turned to the produce aisle for help.
Washington state has been another bright spot, powered by Boeing and other manufacturers attracted to its low-cost, low-emission hydropower.
Few doubt that Boeing, America's biggest exporter, has great clout in Washington.
To get through the backlog, Boeing is ramping up production to build 10 787s per month in Washington state and South Carolina by the end of 2013.
Washington (CNN) -- After three weeks on the ground, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner soon will return to the skies -- but only so engineers can test the plane's troubled electrical and battery systems, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.
Harsh terms to be sure, although we won't have to wait for the dry runs to see the 787 airborne once again: the FAA also gave Boeing clearance to ferry one of the airliners from Fort Worth, Texas to Everett, Washington after some paint work.
On the other hand, Boeing's managers have long complained about the Seattle area's chronic transportation woes and Washington state's high taxes.
Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, said in Washington that the agency was checking whether the previous battery incidents had been reported by Boeing.
Ruling in Boeing's favor would have both enraged free trade purists (with long histories of antipathy toward the Washington defense giant) and re-fired old controversies in the Senate.
The highly publicized case against Boeing who wanted to put a new plant in South Carolina and create thousands of jobs (while keeping its Washington state plants operating).
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