WASHINGTON - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow insisted Sunday that President Donald Trump won’t back off national security concerns after agreeing to allow U.S. companies to sell some components to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Kudlow told “Fox News Sunday” and CBS’ “Face the Nation” that Huawei will remain on an American blacklist as a potential security threat. He stressed that additional U.S. licensing “will be for what we call general merchandise, not national security sensitive,” such as chips and software generally available around the world. “What’s happening now is simply a loosening up for general merchandise,” Kudlow said. Trump said U.S. companies could make the sales if the transactions don’t present a “great, national emergency problem.” Several Republican senators immediately expressed concerns.

Source: thestar June 30, 2019 16:18 UTC