translated from Spanish: Trump says Huawei could be part of a trade deal with China

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co., which was blacklisted earlier this month, could be part of a trade pact with the country.
“It’s possible that Huawei might even be included in some kind of trade agreement,” Trump told reporters at the White House, without providing details. “Huawei is a very dangerous thing.”
Trump’s administration is trying to prevent Beijing’s access to key technologies by limiting the sale of vital components of the United States to the Chinese manufacturer of telecommunications equipment for security reasons.
According to people familiar with the issue, the US had refrained from blacklisting Huawei for fear that the measure could disrupt trade negotiations with China and only take action after the last round of Trade negotiations will come to a standstill. The decision to restrict the access of the Shenzhen-based company to US suppliers quickly developed once the trade negotiations broke, people said.
Last week’s Commerce Department action requires US suppliers of Huawei, a jewel of the Chinese manufacturing crown, to apply for permission from the U.S. government.
The decision provoked a massive disruption in the technology supply chains, which affected some of the larger component manufacturers. Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Inc. Informed their employees that they will not deliver products to Huawei until further notice.
Trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington were paralyzed this month when Trump accused China of withdrawing from an agreement that was taking shape with U.S. officials, and said that China gave up an agreement to devote a wide range of Reforms to the law.
Trump increased taxes on $200 billion in Chinese imports to 25% of 10%, which provoked reprisals from Beijing. The United States has said that it is prepared to hit China with new tariffs, even when Trump said he will meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the G20 summit next month, a meeting that could be crucial.

Original source in Spanish

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