Amid the US-China trade war, Huawei has been targeted by the United States to have an upper hand in the deal-making process. The trade war, which has been on-going since the past few months, has not seen any major progress in terms of reaching a deal.
Now, a top executive of the Huawei Technologies Co. has said that in order to reach a deal in the US-China trade war, the United States will need to hold talks with Huawei. The company’s Chief Security Officer Andy Purdy said, “Can I imagine a trade deal where the U.S. government doesn’t agree to talk to us? No I can’t.”
He also said that the crackdown from the US government is hurting American companies and workers more than it hurts Huawei. He added that the company spent $11 billion on U.S. supplies last year and an estimated 40,000 U.S. jobs depend on its business.
Purdy further said that Huawei wants “transparent mechanisms” for evaluating its equipment and that of its competitors, which would build “trust through verification.” He added, “We’re not asking we should simply be allowed to sell without any scrutiny. We believe there has to be scrutiny for everyone.”
The Trump administration has put Huawei on the “Entity List” through an executive order which barred the Chinese giant from using any of American companies hardware and softwares, among others. It essentially cut-off Huawei from having access to vital supplies such as chipsets from Qualcomm and Android mobile OS from Google.
Along with banning Huawei in its country, United States is also urging other countries and companies to reject Huawei technology in the next generation of wireless networks, citing national security risk without providing any proof for the allegations. Huawei, on the other hand, has denied any wrongdoing and has even accused the United States of singling it out for political reasons.
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