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Trump appears to soften his tone on Huawei

by on01 July 2019


Suddenly realises it buys a lot of US product

US President Donald Trump has appeared to be softening his view on Chinese communications giant Huawei and suggested he would allow the company to once again purchase US technology.

Speaking at a press conference in Osaka, Saturday, Trump said that the US sells a "tremendous amount of product" to Huawei. "That's okay, we will keep selling that product", said Trump.

"US companies were not exactly happy that they couldn't sell", he admitted.

The US Commerce Department formally added Huawei to the list of companies the US government considers to be undermining its interests in May.

It effectively meant that companies would need to apply for a US export license to sell to Huawei, cutting off its primary supply chain.

Trump added that while he did discuss Huawei, he didn’t talk about Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, who is detained in Canada and facing extradition to the US.

"We did discuss Huawei but didn't discuss her situation", Trump said.

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