US should use pause to narrow campaign against Huawei

Overly broad ban on sales risks undermining foundation of American tech power

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The Huawei ban may impact the future of America's IT sector beyond Google. © Getty Images

As U.S. President Donald Trump put it last week, "Huawei is a complicated situation."

After adding the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker in May to a blacklist for companies barred from buying U.S. technologies or services, Trump abruptly announced after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 29 that "U.S. companies can sell their equipment to Huawei."

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