China ‘gratified’ Huawei ban also met with US opposition as tech firms express concerns to Donald Trump
- US president spoke with CEOs from Cisco, Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Micron Technology, Western Digital, and Alphabet at the White House on Monday
- American leader said last month after meeting Xi Jinping that the restrictions on sales by US to Huawei would be relaxed, although the details still remain unclear
China is “gratified” to see that firms in the United States do not fully agree with Washington’s decision to ban sales to Huawei, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, hours after US President Donald Trump met with American technology firms to discuss an easing of the restrictions on the blacklisted Chinese telecommunications equipment maker.
“We hope the matter could be properly resolved as soon as possible, and also hope the relevant government can correct the mistake quickly,” said Ministry of Industry and Information Technology spokesman Wen Ku, who is also the chief of the telecommunications department.
“China does not want to see the situation of [sales to Huawei] being suppressed, many American companies do not want to see that neither.”
Wen did not specifically mention Trump’s meeting with the CEOs from Cisco, Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Micron Technology, Western Digital, and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, on Monday.