In this May 29, 2019 file photo, a woman walks by a Huawei retail store in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

US won't take China's Huawei off export ban list: Ross

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States will not take China's Huawei Technologies Co. off a list of companies banned from buying components and technology from U.S. firms without government approval, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Tuesday.
Ross, however, said the Commerce Department will issue licenses in cases where U.S. national security is not at stake.

"Huawei itself remains on the Entity List, and the announcement does not change the scope of items requiring licenses from the Commerce Department, nor the presumption of denial," he said at a press conference.

President Donald Trump said after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month in Osaka, western Japan, that the United States would lift some restrictions on the Chinese telecom giant.

Beijing has been demanding that Washington lift the ban on Huawei, a leader in next-generation wireless networks known as 5G. The Trump administration views Huawei as a national security threat given that its equipment could be used for cyberespionage. Huawei denies such allegations.

The department added Huawei and 68 affiliates to its Entity List on May 16.

Meanwhile, U.S. and Chinese negotiators spoke by phone Tuesday in an effort to resolve trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and Commerce Minister Zhong Shan to "continue negotiations aimed at resolving the outstanding trade disputes between the United States and China," the Office of the USTR said, without providing details.

"Both sides will continue these talks as appropriate," it said in a statement.

Meeting on the fringes of a Group of 20 summit in Osaka on June 29, Trump and Xi agreed a new cease-fire to defuse the tariff war, with the U.S. leader holding off on imposing additional tariffs on Chinese imports.

Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190710/p2g/00m/0bu/026000c