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Trump reversed course on Huawei. What happens now?
Six weeks after Huawei was blacklisted by the US government, President Donald Trump had what the Chinese telecom firm described as a "U-turn." Trump said Saturday that "US companies can sell their equipment to Huawei," allowing the transactions won't present a "great, national emergency problem."
Trump's comments at the G20 in Japan came after a widely anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping. The two sides met to discuss the impasse in the trade dispute, and Huawei, one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, has become a flash point in the battle.
In May, the US Commerce Department banned sales of American-made goods to Huawei without first obtaining a license. US officials have accused the company of working to undermine US national security and foreign policy interests. Trump said Huawei was still part of the ongoing trade discussions between Washington and Beijing, but for now, he would move to resume allowing US companies to sell parts to the Chinese firm.
Also at Android Authority and Business Insider:
President Trump has said US firms can continue selling to Huawei, apparently contradicting a Commerce Department trade blacklist on the Chinese tech firm.
See also: A China-U.S. Trade Truce Could Enshrine a Global Economic Shift
Previously: New Law Bans U.S. Government from Buying Equipment from Chinese Telecom Giants ZTE and Huawei
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 30 2019, @10:03PM (7 children)
Trolling Trump is so easy as all he does is fail.
Failed on Healthcare -- Who knew healthcare would be hard?
Failed on Immigration -- Children in prisons...uhh.
Failed on the Deficit -- Why don't we talk about this one anymore??? I remember billboards with the ever ticking number when Obama was president.
Failed on China policy -- No...nothing has changed.
Failed on NAFTA -- his is the same dam thing!
Failed on bringing back Jobs -- Where are those "Made in the USA TVs?"
Failed on the Wall -- which most people don't want and Mexico is definitely not paying for
Failed on being a basic human being -- No empathy for anybody, and thinks women are sex objects who should be rated on a scale of 1 to 10
Both ZTE and Huawei are doing bad things and deserve what we "were" going to do. Now they are being rewarded.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Sunday June 30 2019, @11:50PM (2 children)
And yet he still has >40% approval rating in polls, so I guess a rather substantial portion of the electorate simply doesn't care.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday July 01 2019, @03:13AM
are incompetent and ineffective in their lives, too, so he's very relatable for them.
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(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday July 01 2019, @03:52PM
Which is still on track to be the lowest approval rating of any first-term President in the history of tracking, including Richard Nixon (although Nixon did do worse in the second term.... when Watergate came to light). That includes one-termers Ford and H.W. Bush. Which would seem to indicate that a substantial portion of those who respond to the polls simply never cares about the problems of the other half.
This sig for rent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 01 2019, @04:45AM (1 child)
TPP: Trump is inserting provisions from the TPP into the NAFTA renegotiation.
Yemen: Trump vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have ended the US's support of Saudi Arabia's genocide in Yemen.
War: Trump occasionally spewed anti-war rhetoric on the campaign trail, but the cuck seems to have no intention of actually getting us out of any of the wars or "interventions."
NSA: Trump hasn't ended the NSA's unconstitutional mass surveillance programs or even really tried, despite whining about how he might have been spied on. I guess it only matters to the extent that it affects him. Typical.
TSA: The TSA is a huge invasion of people's privacy, a violation of the Constitution, and a general waste of money. Yet, despite claiming to want to get rid of "regulations" and waste, Trump certainly doesn't seem to intend to end the TSA.
So, Trump is just a typical authoritarian politician, plus mean tweets. He's the establishment's bitch boy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 01 2019, @05:03PM
he's just trying to MAAGA!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 01 2019, @06:57AM
"Failed on the Deficit -- Why don't we talk about this one anymore??? I remember billboards with the ever ticking number when Obama was president."
Oh, that one is as simple as the current occupant of the WH. "We" don'the talk about it anymore because the Republicans now have effective control of the federal budget. But I'm sure you knew that already. As for ZTE and Huawei, I'm a bit less fussed about them. They are mostly snooping for intellectual property. On the other hand, there are American companies that are, even now, giving various TLAs backdoors to snoop on ALL our communications. I think you should be.much more concerned about that, IMHO.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 01 2019, @12:34PM
Well, I wouldn't blame him for not being able to resurrect the Apple founder.