Surprise: for the first time, Trump has included Huawei in a possible agreement with China

"Huawei is something very dangerous"Trump told reporters about the company, which operates in 170 countries and is the world's second largest maker of smartphones.

"It is possible that Huawei is included in a trade agreement, if we have an agreement, I see Huawei included in one way or another"he said.

Traw added Huawei to a list of suspicious entities last week, fearing to use his equipment to spy on Beijing.

At the insistence of a reporter, Trump was evasive: "It is very premature to say that we are very concerned about the risk Huawei represents from the point of view of security".

Until now, for Washington, the controversy around Huawei has been dissociated from the trade war and its diplomats have tried to convince their allies and trading partners not to work with this company.

US Secretary of the United States Mike Pompeo He said that Huawei had lied about his ties with Beijing.

"It's just wrong, to say that they're not working with the Chinese government is a false statement"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNBC.

"Huawei's CEO (Ren Zhengfei) does not tell the truth to the American people or the world"He added and mentioned the Chinese laws obliging companies to collaborate with the authorities.

On Thursday, China announced that it was protesting against Huawei's treatment by the United States and claimed "sincerity" in Washington to continue the trade negotiations.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi denounced the "economic harbadment" the United States. He added that Washington wanted to "hinder the development" of China.

The Huawei striking ban in the United States will only be valid in 90 days, but many companies have preferred to anticipate potential problems, as they would stop accessing chips made in the United States and essential to their phones.

Since Wednesday, the major telephone operators of Japan and the United Kingdom have already announced that they are leaving for the moment the Chinese giant.

The powerful Japanese electronics group Panasonic He joined the list on Thursday.

The Japaneses Toshiba he said that he's going "suspend" temporarily deliver their supplies to Huawei, while conducting the necessary checks, according to a spokesman.

Previously, also from Tokyo, KDDI and SoftBank Corp had postponed the launch of new Huawei models to badess the impact of US sanctions, while NTT Docomo was slowing down. "orders" Huawei phones that I had planned to launch this summer.

In 2018, Huawei ranked fifth in Japan, far behind Apple but growing strongly, with sales of about 2 million units (+ 63% per annum) in a total market of 31 million smartphones, according to the figures of the Research Institute MM. .

In the United Kingdom, operators EE and Vodafone have excluded Huawei 5G smartphones from their orders for the launch of their respective fifth generation networks in the coming days.

The marketing of Huawei will not be resumed "until we have the certainty and long-term guarantee that customers who purchase these products will benefit from lifelong support." device that they bought with us, "said the CEO of EE, Marc Allera.

A spokesman for Vodafone explained that it was about "a temporary measure as uncertainty persists around Huawei's new 5G models".

Huawei is touted as the undisputed leader of 5G, the fifth generation mobile phone that will provide ultra-fast internet access.

These announcements are a relief for the Chinese giant after Google announced Sunday that its Android system, which equips the vast majority of phones in the world, would no longer be offered to Huawei.

Without Android, Huawei could have a hard time convincing its customers to buy their phones because they would not have Gmail, Maps or YouTube apps.

"The worst would be a total break in access to American technology", warned consulting firm Eurasia Group, stating that Huawei "probably would not survive in its current form".