Trump on Huawei: Very concerned on security risks

Ross J Burland FXStreet

Trump wss crossing the wires earlier saying that he was looking forward to seeing Xi at G20 meeting.

He has recently added the following:

Very concerned about Huawei security risks;
Huawei could be included in China trade deal;
Good possibility of China trade deal.

Key comments from earlier:

He remains hopeful at some point U.S. will get together with China;
If a trade deal happens with China, that would be great; if not, that’s fine.
Thinks, things probably are going to happen with China fast.

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Ross J Burland

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Ross J Burland, born in England, UK, is a sportsman at heart. He played Rugby and Judo for his county, Kent and the South East of England Rugby team.

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