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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:17 AM Jul 2019

U.S. government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS JULY 2, 2019 / 10:29 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

U.S. government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department’s enforcement staff this week that China’s Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump sowed confusion with a vow to ease a ban on sales to the firm.

Trump surprised markets on Saturday by promising Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan that he would allow U.S. companies to sell products to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.

In May, the company was added to the so-called Entity List, which bans American firms from selling to it without special permission, as punishment for actions against U.S. national security interests.

Trump’s announcement on Saturday - an olive branch to Beijing to revive stalled trade talks - was cheered by U.S. chipmakers eager to maintain sales to Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker and a key U.S. customer.

But Trump’s comments also spawned confusion among industry players and government officials struggling to understand what Huawei policy he had unveiled.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-huawei/u-s-government-staff-told-to-treat-huawei-as-blacklisted-idUSKCN1TY07N
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U.S. government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2019 OP
So DFT lied to us? RainCaster Jul 2019 #1
Welcome to our world, China Bayard Jul 2019 #2

RainCaster

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1. So DFT lied to us?
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:13 AM
Jul 2019

WTF? It's so hard to do business in a country where the government can't be trusted.

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