Washington DC, May 24: United States President Donald Trump has on Thursday said China’s tech giant Huawei could be included in a trade deal between Washington and Beijing, despite labelling the giant firm “very dangerous”.
According to BBC news reports, the China-US trade spat has escalated in recent weeks after, during which the US president imposed tariff hike on Chinese goods and in turn, China too raised tariffs on American goods, including threats of more actions.
The US has also fixed its target at Huawei to put the company on a trade blacklist. Washington argued Huawei poses a threat to American national security, while China accused the US of “bullying” the firm.
At the White House, the US president on Thursday told reporters, “Huawei is something that is very dangerous,” further adding, “You look at what they’ve done from a security standpoint, a military standpoint. Very dangerous.”
The Trump administration has last week added Huawei to its “entity list”, imposing a ban on the firm from acquiring technologies from the American companies without any approval from the government.
But however, Trump has stated it was “possible” that Huawei could be a part of a trade negotiation with Beijing.
Trump said, “If we made a deal, I could imagine Huawei being possibly included in some form or some part of it.”
Huawei is facing a growing backlash from Western nations, led by the US, over potential risks and threats posed by using its equipment in next-generation 5G network.
Huawei has said its work does not pose any threats and that it is independent from the Chinese government.