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Even Boeing aircraft these days have major sections and components sourced outside of the U.S. The "U.S. content" of Boeing and Airbus are about equal.

In this case, Airbus is teamed with a U.S. company (Northrup Grumman) for the tanker contract, and they will be assembled in the U.S (e.g. equal U.S. jobs). I think the decision came down to the A-330 platform being the more capable one for the mission than the older design, B-767.