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FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

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White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: sources

By Reuters

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will also attend the White House event, to which chipmakers Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc have been invited, the people said.

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  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

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    1064 days ago
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    1069 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    Huawei delays global launch of foldable phone by three months

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    1073 days ago
  • Chinese flag. Picture: Supplied.

    China exports grow despite US tariffs, import slump most in nearly three years

    But Monday’s better-than-expected export data is unlikely to ease fears that a longer and costlier US-China trade war may no longer be avoidable, pushing the global economy towards recession.

    1077 days ago
  • Picture: Twitter Inc.

    Twitter apologises for suspending accounts critical of China

    The apology came after activists said hundreds of Twitter accounts critical of Communist Party - from "inside and outside" China - were suspended last week.

    1085 days ago
  • FILE: Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng speaks during the China Development Forum in Beijing on 24 March 2019. Picture: AFP

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    In a statement, China said the historical experience has proved that any attempt to force a deal through tactics such as smears, undermining and maximum pressure will only spoil the cooperative relationship.

    1086 days ago
  • The Huawei logo stands on a Huawei office building in Dongguan in China’s southern Guangdong province on 18 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    China raises tariffs on US goods amid escalating tensions

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    1086 days ago
  • The Swoosh logo on a Nike factory store in Florida. Picture: AFP.

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    Trump increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% earlier this month.

    1098 days ago
  • China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Picture: Facebook.

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    The extent to which Huawei will be hurt by the US government’s blacklist is not yet known as its global supply chain assesses the impact.

    1099 days ago
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    1102 days ago
  • FILE: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Picture: AFP

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    1103 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

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    1107 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing. Picture: Dirco.

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    1281 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    APEC leaders seek unity after US, China spat

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    1282 days ago
  • FILE: US president Donald Trump and his vice president Mike Pence. Picture: AFP.

    Pence vows tariffs to remain until 'China changes its ways'

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    1283 days ago
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