Trump and Xi are due to meet at a summit
of the Group of 20 on June 28-29. It’s unclear
when the two countries’ negotiating teams
will resume detailed talks, which stalled in May
when the U.S. accused China of reneging on
earlier commitments.
The talks are aimed at ending the dispute over
trade and technology that has resulted in Trump
imposing 25% tariffs on $250 billion worth of
Chinese exports and considering expanding
those tariffs to include another $300 billion of
Chinese products.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that
Huawei is asking U.S. phone carrier Verizon
to pay licensing fees for more than 200 of its
patents. While Huawei declined to comment on
the matter, company spokesman Joe Kelly said
it will hold a briefing later this month on being
more aggressive about collecting intellectual
property licensing fees.
Rubio filed an amendment to the U.S. defense
authorization bill this week that would prevent
Huawei Technologies and other companies on
security watch lists from pursuing damages in U.S.
patent courts. That followed a move by Huawei
to seek $1 billion in damages it says it is owed in
unpaid patent licensing fees, reports said.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
described Rubio’s effort to block Huawei’s
lawsuit as “bizarre.”
“We know that someone in the U.S. leaves no
stone unturned to smear and suppress other
countries’ enterprises, yet we did not expect that
they would so blatantly manipulate the laws and
rules,” said the spokesman, Lu Kang.
“This not only damages the reputation and
image of the U.S. but also harms its own
companies in the long run.”
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