US President, Donald Trump has said companies by decree the use of telecommunications technology, which is classified as a security risk. China responded with sharp words.
With his emergency decree of President Trump his government’s acknowledged comprehensive ways against foreign Telecom companies. The White house declared that the measure was not directed against a particular country or company. Observers were, however, that Trump wants to meet with the measure of China and the cooperating firm Huawei, especially in the United States, discharging just a bitter Trade dispute with the people’s Republic of.
China responded with sharp words, to the emerging US business ban on Huawei. The trade talks between the two countries should not be further charged, said Thursday a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing. The U.S. reasoning with a National emergency was wrong and should not be used as a means for greater protectionism abused.
The punitive tariffs consequences “for China manageable”
A spokesman for the Chinese foreign Ministry added that the country will protect the interests of its companies. The consequences of the conflict with the United States to the people’s Republic of manageable. He called on the United States, the special duties on Chinese Goods.
Huawei, one of the largest telecommunications equipment supplier in the world, is suspected by the US authorities for a long time, to use its business activities to spying for China. The company is on the US market only had a limited presence, but a leading provider of infrastructure technology of the fifth-Generation mobile (5G), which should bring faster data transfer rates. In the United States, Germany and other countries, the Chinese due to security concerns around data networks under pressure.
A decree from the White house
The US Department of Commerce after shoving the message of the White house, a statement that there is sufficient reason to believe that Huawei’s activities ran counter to the national security interests or foreign policy interests of the United States. Anyone who wants to sell US technology to Huawei or transfer, must obtain a future license. This could be denied, if those security interests were affected.
The state of emergency declared
With the decree Trump declared a “national emergency” in terms of telecommunications. This allows the government a complete set of business activities between U.S. companies and companies from “enemy” States, to prevent – what is even in the USA, controversial. Critics believe that the 5G technology could be there without the Chinese until much later nationwide.
Is authorized to do business to prevent
“The President has made it clear that this government will do what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of America”, – stated in the message of the White house. It is going to protect the country from “foreign enemies”. The Department of Commerce was entitled, therefore, in the future, all the shops, which posed an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the safety of Americans.
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