Tim Cook smooth talks Trump away from tariffs over dinner
Over dinner this weekend, Apple CEO Tim Cook has seemingly adding to the softening position President Trump is taking on trade tariffs imposed on goods and services from China.
Over dinner this weekend, Apple CEO Tim Cook has seemingly adding to the softening position President Trump is taking on trade tariffs imposed on goods and services from China.
There is seemingly only one thing which is more important to President Donald Trump than winning the trade-war, and that’s getting re-elected to the White House for a second term.
US National Security Advisor John Bolton has landed in the UK over the weekend to attend various meetings over the next two days, and its not difficult to imagine what is on the agenda.
US aggression towards Huawei seems to be paying-off as smartphone shipments in Europe swing away from the Chinese vendor, towards Samsung and Xiaomi.
US suppliers are still staring into the abyss as reports emerge the US Government has halted its special-permissions programme to work with Huawei due to Chinese retaliation.
The US Commerce Department has held a press conference to announce some companies can now trade with Huawei, but no-one knows who, how, what or where.
Following talks with the Chinese leader, US President Trump has announced US companies will be able to flog Huawei some gear if they really must.
Embattled telecoms vendor Huawei feels so passionately about the sanctity of intellectual property that it’s published a great big white paper on the matter.
The US government seems to be losing its battle to suffocate Huawei as its own companies look for ways to keep doing business with it.
US courier company FedEx is suing its own government over its ‘entity list’, which it claims puts undue burden of enforcement on companies.
Fed Ex refused to deliver a Huawei smartphone between the UK and US, now it seems likely to be put on a Chinese list of undesirable companies.
It seems Apple does not consider itself immune from collateral damage, as whispers about a China exit are becoming louder and more plentiful.
Broadcom has unveiled its financial results for the last three months, though it isn’t the rosy picture some might have hoped for as ‘continued geopolitical uncertainties’ weigh heavy on the spreadsheets.
Huawei has continued its counter-assault against the US, suggesting the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contradicted the country’s constitution.
After diplomacy failed to convince those pesky Europeans Huawei should be banned, the US has moved onto the tried and tested tactic for getting its way; being a bully.
The usually publicity-shy Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has hit back at what he perceives as a politically motivated attack, declaring if “the lights go out in the West, the East will shine”.
The US Department of Justice is rumoured to be pursuing charges relating to trade secrets theft against Huawei, while four politicians have tabled a bill for a ban similar to what ZTE faced last year.
The US Commerce Department has refused to renew an export licence at a Huawei subsidy in Silicon Valley, meaning China cannot access new developments at the site.
The US Department of State has renewed its warning over citizens travelling to China over fears of retaliation following the arrest of Huawei’s CFO in Canada.
T-Mobile US and Sprint are reportedly rubbing regulators the right way, in the continued effort to get the prolonged merger approved, by overtly shunning Chinese kit vendor Huawei.
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