Schumer Urges Trump Administration to Include Huawei in China Negotiations
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged the Trump administration to make Huawei a focal point of negotiations with China and to reject requests from China to discuss Huawei in another setting. “I have a concise and pointed request to the White House this morning: tell China 'forget about it,'” Schumer said, speaking on the Senate floor Sept. 12. “Don’t let China exclude our nation’s security and Huawei from the negotiations.”
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
Schumer said China has continually kept U.S. technology manufacturers from gaining access to its markets, arguing that Huawei should be a critical part of the negotiations. “Don’t let Huawei sell here. Don’t let Huawei get the components, made in America, that they need to continue to threaten both our economic and national security,” Schumer said. “If China keeps American companies out, we should keep important Chinese companies out, particularly those like Huawei, until China relents.”
Schumer expressed confidence that China will “relent” on Huawei if the U.S. stays “tough.”
“President Trump, you’ve been tougher on China than President [George W.] Bush or [Barack] Obama. I give you some credit for that,” Schumer said. “But it will all come to naught unless we actually take action.”