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China suspends Canadian meat imports amid Huawei dispute
AP
June 26, 2019
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Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei CFO and daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested December 1 in Canada at the request of US authorities, who want to try her on fraud charges. (AFP)

• The latest action against Canada comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Japan for the G-20 summit

• Before acting against Canadian meat, China previously stopped importing certain Canadian products like canola

TORONTO: China is suspending all meat imports from Canada amid their dispute over the Canadian detention of a top executive at the Chinese tech company Huawei.
The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement on its website Tuesday that the move follows Chinese customs inspectors’ detection of residue from a restricted feed additive, called ractopamine, in a batch of Canadian pork products. It is permitted in Canada but banned in China.

“China has taken urgent preventive measures and requested the Canadian government to suspend the issuance of certificates for meat exported to China,” the statement said.

Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei CFO and daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested Dec. 1 in Canada at the request of US authorities, who want to try her on fraud charges.

China then detained two Canadians and sentenced another to death in an apparent attempt to pressure for her release.

The latest action against Canada comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Japan for the G-20 summit. US President Donald Trump is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart amid trade talks.

Meng’s arrest set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries, complicating high-stakes US-China trade talks and severely damaging Beijing’s relations with Ottawa. Canada wants Trump to speak on behalf of Canada to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Chinese have refused to talk to senior Canadian government officials, including

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. Trudeau had hoped to meet with Xi at the G-20 but that appears unlikely.
Before acting against Canadian meat, China previously stopped importing certain Canadian products like canola.

Justine Lesage, a spokeswoman for Canada’s agriculture minister, said in a statement that the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency identified an issue involving inauthentic export certificates that could affect the export of pork and beef products to China.

She said the agency has “taken measures to address this issue and is continuing to work closely with industry partners and Chinese officials.”
“The Canadian food system is one of the best in the world and we are confident in the safety of Canadian products and Canadian exports,” she said.

China suspends Canadian meat imports amid Huawei dispute

TORONTO: China is suspending all meat imports from Canada amid their dispute over the Canadian detention of a top executive at the Chinese tech company Huawei. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement on its website Tuesday that the move follows Chinese customs inspectors’ detection of...

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China suspends Canadian meat imports amid Huawei dispute
AP
June 26, 2019
View attachment 8560
Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei CFO and daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested December 1 in Canada at the request of US authorities, who want to try her on fraud charges. (AFP)

• The latest action against Canada comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Japan for the G-20 summit

• Before acting against Canadian meat, China previously stopped importing certain Canadian products like canola

TORONTO: China is suspending all meat imports from Canada amid their dispute over the Canadian detention of a top executive at the Chinese tech company Huawei.
The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement on its website Tuesday that the move follows Chinese customs inspectors’ detection of residue from a restricted feed additive, called ractopamine, in a batch of Canadian pork products. It is permitted in Canada but banned in China.

“China has taken urgent preventive measures and requested the Canadian government to suspend the issuance of certificates for meat exported to China,” the statement said.

Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei CFO and daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested Dec. 1 in Canada at the request of US authorities, who want to try her on fraud charges.

China then detained two Canadians and sentenced another to death in an apparent attempt to pressure for her release.

The latest action against Canada comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Japan for the G-20 summit. US President Donald Trump is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart amid trade talks.

Meng’s arrest set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries, complicating high-stakes US-China trade talks and severely damaging Beijing’s relations with Ottawa. Canada wants Trump to speak on behalf of Canada to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Chinese have refused to talk to senior Canadian government officials, including

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. Trudeau had hoped to meet with Xi at the G-20 but that appears unlikely.
Before acting against Canadian meat, China previously stopped importing certain Canadian products like canola.

Justine Lesage, a spokeswoman for Canada’s agriculture minister, said in a statement that the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency identified an issue involving inauthentic export certificates that could affect the export of pork and beef products to China.

She said the agency has “taken measures to address this issue and is continuing to work closely with industry partners and Chinese officials.”
“The Canadian food system is one of the best in the world and we are confident in the safety of Canadian products and Canadian exports,” she said.

China suspends Canadian meat imports amid Huawei dispute

TORONTO: China is suspending all meat imports from Canada amid their dispute over the Canadian detention of a top executive at the Chinese tech company Huawei. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement on its website Tuesday that the move follows Chinese customs inspectors’ detection of...

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Trump: US companies can sell to Huawei
by Ben Westcott
29 June 2019
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US President Donald Trump said that US companies can again sell products to Chinese technology giant Huawei after an effective ban in May.
Trump clarified his comments earlier in the press conference, saying after his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping he would allow Huawei to once again buy US products.

"US companies can sell their equipment to Huawei... there's no great, national emergency problem," Trump told reporters.
The US Commerce Department formally added Huawei to the list of companies the US government considers to be undermining America's interests in May.
Experts said that Huawei would be crippled by the effective ban, which would stop them buying advanced US chips over security concerns.

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U.S. government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted
03 July 2019

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FILE PHOTO: The Huawei logo is pictured in central Warsaw, Poland, June 17, 2019. Picture taken June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department’s enforcement staff this week that China’s Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump sowed confusion with a vow to ease a ban on sales to the firm.

Trump surprised markets on Saturday by promising Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan that he would allow U.S. companies to sell products to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
In May, the company was added to the so-called Entity List, which bans American firms from selling to it without special permission, as punishment for actions against U.S. national security interests.
Trump’s announcement on Saturday - an olive branch to Beijing to revive stalled trade talks - was cheered by U.S. chipmakers eager to maintain sales to Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker and a key U.S. customer.

But Trump’s comments also spawned confusion among industry players and government officials struggling to understand what Huawei policy he had unveiled.
In an email to enforcement staff on Monday that was seen by Reuters, John Sonderman, Deputy Director of the Office of Export Enforcement, in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), sought to clarify how agents should approach license requests by firms seeking approval to sell to Huawei.
All such applications should be considered on merit and flagged with language noting that “This party is on the Entity List. Evaluate the associated license review policy under part 744,” he wrote, citing regulations that include the Entity List and the “presumption of denial” licensing policy that is applied to blacklisted companies.
He added that any further guidance from BIS should also be taken into account when evaluating Huawei-related license applications.

Huawei told Reuters earlier on Wednesday that founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei had said Trump’s statements over the weekend were “good for American companies”.
“Huawei is also willing to continue to buy products from American companies. But we don’t see much impact on what we are currently doing. We will still focus on doing our own job right,” a Huawei spokesman said in an email.
The Commerce Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A person familiar with the matter said the letter was the only guidance that enforcement officials had received after Trump’s surprise announcement on Saturday. A presumption of denial implies strict review and most licenses reviewed under it are not approved.
It is unclear when the Commerce Department will provide its enforcement staff with additional guidance, based on Trump’s promises, and how that might alter the likelihood of obtaining licenses.

The internal memo, not previously reported, came as White House advisers also scrambled to shed light on Trump’s announcement.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro noted on Tuesday that the government would allow “lower tech” chip sales to the company, which don’t impact national security.

The United States has accused Huawei of stealing American intellectual property and violating Iran sanctions.

It has launched a lobbying effort to convince U.S. allies to keep Huawei out of next-generation 5G telecommunications infrastructure, citing concerns the company could spy on customers. Huawei has denied the allegations.

Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Additional Reporting by Karen Freifeld in New York, Stephen Nellis in San Francisco and Sijia Jiang in Hong Kong; Editing by Michael Perry and Muralikumar Anantharaman

U.S. government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted

A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department's enforcement staff this week that China's Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump sowed confusion with a vow to ease a ban on sales to the firm.

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Huawei takes aim at Russian technology and IT companies
July 11, 2019

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The Chinese corporation Huawei is engaged in negotiations with several Russian companies concerning the acquisition of businesses, the founding of joint enterprises and the use of their technologies. Offers have been received by the developer of the “Elbrus” processors, the creator of the line of Alt Linux operating systems, and a company that provides information security and network monitoring systems.

According to RBC, the Chinese manufacturer has become more active on the Russian market in the last few months, after being blacklisted by the US and barred form access to American technologies. The experts consulted by the news outlet consider it possible that, if the negotiations are successful, Huawei intends to use Russian companies and products to promote itself on the Russian market. According to Nikolai Komlev, director of the Association of Computer and Information Technology Companies (APKIT), “the use of a Russian processor and a Russian OS, as well as hardware assembly somewhere in Russia, will enable the company to market its products as locally produced”.

“Most likely, in future Huawei will achieve Russian status for its devices and, if successful, it will actively sell them in the government sector,” Komlev noted, adding that he would be happy to be wrong about his prediction.

Sergey Ovchinnikov, owner of Norsi-Trans, which produces hardware for targeted communications surveillance, confirmed to RBC news agancy that an offer had been received from the Chinese manufacturer. “A whole Huawei delegation came from Hong Kong and offered $100 million for the entirety of Norsi-Trans. In my opinion, they just want us not to make Russian servers, and instead to use Huawei servers. We are not interested in this,” he said, adding that he believes the Chinese company is trying to eliminate competitors.

He claimed that a similar offer had been received by Alexander Kim, the owner and CEO of the company that develops Elbrus processors. “They proposed some kind of cooperation, to make a joint enterprise,” Ovchinnikov noted.

In recent months, Washington has claimed that Huawei poses a threat to US national security. The US government expressed fears that the company has secret ties to Chinese intelligence, and could pass on information obtained using Huawei smartphones. On 15 May, the US Department of Commerce blacklisted Huawei and the companies associated with it. As a result, a number of American companies, including Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx and Broadcom, announced that they would no longer supply the Chinese producer with software or components.

Subsequently there have been reports that Huawei is searching for new suppliers. At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russian Communications Minister Nikolai Noskov suggested that the Chinese smartphones could use the Russian-produced Aurora operating system. A week later it was learned that Huawei had purchased a patented facial recognition algorithm from the Russian video surveillance systems developer Vocord, and had transferred a large number of its employees to its subsidiary, Igl Softlab. The deal cost the Chinese company $40-50 million.

Huawei takes aim at Russian technology and IT companies

The Chinese corporation Huawei is engaged in negotiations with several Russian companies concerning the acquisition of businesses, the founding of joint enterprises and the use of their technologies. Offers have been received by the developer of the “Elbrus” processors, the creator of the line...

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