WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - Japan has agreed to buy 100 Boeing planes and boost rice purchases by 75% as part of a trade deal with the United States, a White House official said on Wednesday.
The agreement also includes Japan buying $8 billion in agricultural and other products while increasing defense spending with U.S. companies to $17 billion annually from $14 billion, the official said.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt, Writing by Bhargav Acharya, Editing by Susan Heavey)
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