As anticipated, Huawei blacklist concessions were on the cards at the G20 summit when Trump met Xi, and the U.S. President told the media afterward that Huawei would now be allowed to buy from U.S. companies after all.
Huawei was always going to feature prominently in talks between U.S. President Trump and Chinese
So, little surprise then that Trump told reporters at a news conference on Saturday that"U.S. companies can sell their equipment to Huawei," adding that this means"equipment where there’s no great national security problem."Huawei Facts / Twitter The detail of what Trump's concession means in practice is not yet clear, but the likes of Google and Facebook, as well as a multitude of component makers, will be waiting to see. There has been material lobbying by U.S. companies behind the scenes given the commercial impact the loss of billions of dollars of Huawei component orders would have on the U.S.
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