Trump scales back restrictions on Huawei as China trade talks get 'back on track'

Donald Trump.
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President Trump on Saturday said that trade negotiations with China are "back on track" after he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for 80 minutes in Osaka, Japan, during the G-20 summit.

Both sides said trade talks would resume, The Wall Street Journal reports. "We'll see what happens," Trumps said. "We had a really good meeting."

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As for Huawei, Trump said his administration would hold meetings to discuss the company, which is on the so-called entity list, meaning U.S. companies cannot provide it with U.S.-origin technology without government approval. But Trump said his discussions with Xi revolved around equipment that doesn't involve "a great national-emergency problem."

Trump added that he is not "rushed" to find a solution to the "intricate" negotiations.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.