China slams US over Huawei blacklisting as Macron warns of ‘tech war’
China says it will take all necessary measures to protect rights of Chinese firms and urges US to avoid further aggravating trade ties
16 May 2019 - 12:03
Beijing — On Thursday, China slammed a decision by the US government to put telecom giant Huawei on a blacklist and said it will take steps to protect its companies, in a further test of ties as the superpowers clash over trade. Huawei said it will challenge the decision. China strongly opposes other countries imposing unilateral sanctions on Chinese entities, a commerce ministry spokesperson said, stressing that the US should avoid further impacting China-US trade relations.
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