The U.S President Donald Trump has claimed that his dispute with Huawei could be resolved through trade talks, in spite of repeated allegations that the Chinese tech firm poses a national security risk. Huawei said that the attacks of Trump are motivated by a desire to advance American economic interests and have nothing to do with national security. Washington claimed that Huawei could use its network equipment to spy on U.S citizens. Trump said the situation could be fixed as a part of trade negotiations whether Huawei was in fact a chess piece to be used in talks with Beijing.
Trump threatened China during a phone call to Squawk Box CNBC with additional tariffs if Xi Jinping doesn’t meet with him at the upcoming Group of 20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. Trump also said that he expects the Chinese premier to attend. Trump called into the show after the US Chamber of Commerce criticized him for using the threat of tariffs to force Mexico to stem the flow of migrants across its northern border. Trump said, “They have to start representing the United States, not just the companies that are members of the US Chamber of Commerce”.
The outburst came after news that Trump’s acting budget chief is reportedly pushing to delay implementing parts of a law that restricts the US government’s business with Huawei. The Wall Street Journal also reported that acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, sent a letter to the vice president and nine members of Congress, urging them to postpone parts of the law that would effectively ban the tech giant from doing business in the United States. China created a blacklist last month of unreliable foreign firms causing harm to Chinese interests in a move widely seen to be retaliation for Trump’s decision to target Huawei.