Trade War with China

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• Served as lead counsel for Huawei Device USA and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, an original equipment manufacturer of cellphones and other telecommunications equipment, in a trade secret and breach of contract case involving robotics and other touchscreen testing. The case went to trial in the Western District of Washington and the jury found no damages and no basis for punitive damages resulting from a misappropriation of a trade secret.
• Served as lead trial counsel for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Technologies USA, Inc. and Futurewei Technologies, Inc., original equipment manufacturers and developers of cellphones and other telecommunications equipment, in a trade secret litigation, also involving breach of contract, correction of inventorship, and fraud claims, all relating to antenna technology. The case was successfully settled on terms favorable to the clients on the sixth day of a jury trial that was scheduled to last for twelve days in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Represented two Chinese nationals, who were arrested in the United States and charged, along with their China-based employer, with criminal violations of US export control laws relating to transshipments of goods from the US through China to Iran.

(CNN)President Donald Trump asked China in a tweet Friday to lift all of its tariffs on American agricultural products, pointing to his decision to delay a second round of tariffs and to improving trade relations with China.

"I have asked China to immediately remove all Tariffs on our agricultural products (including beef, pork, etc.) based on the fact that we are moving along nicely with Trade discussions," he

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Friday,

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, "and I did not increase their second traunch of Tariffs to 25% on March 1st. This is very important for our great farmers - and me!"
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, as well as a planned summit to wrap up the trade agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, in a

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Sunday. The tariffs had been set to go into effect Friday if no trade deal were reached.

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China on Friday urged Australia to abandon ideological bias and provide an environment of fair competition for Chinese companies.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang made the remarks at a routine press briefing when asked to comment on media reports that Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne had reiterated keeping Chinese telecoms giant Huawei out of Australia's 5G network infrastructure even if the United States softens its stance on Huawei.

China expressed grave concern over this statement, Lu said.

He said the Chinese government has consistently encouraged Chinese companies to carry out economic cooperation overseas in accordance with international rules and local laws, and had never supported any enterprises to engage in activities that harm national security of other countries.

Instead of setting obstacles under various pretexts and taking discriminatory practices, the Australian side should facilitate cooperation between enterprises from both countries, he said.

When asked whether a test on imported coal taken by China was related with recent tension between China and Australia due to issues including 5G infrastructure, Lu said it was "completely normal" for China to take such a test.

"Chinese customs have carried out inspection and analysis on risks of the imported coal and taken appropriate operations according to laws and regulations," said Lu, adding that it was the Chinese government's duty to maintain the safety and interests of the Chinese people.

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An official of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council made an address on Saturday.

We have noticed that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative had made an announcement to maintain additional tariffs on imported Chinese goods, imposed since September 2018, at 10 percent, until further notice, said the official.

The official said the commission welcomes the measure from the U.S. side.

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SteelBird said:

I feel this is a bit outrageous reading the news below. Trump asks China to lift tariff against all agricultural products because he didn't raise tariff to 25% after Mar 1st. I'd like to remind Trump that the tariff against U.S products (including agriculture) were imposed because the US imposed tariff 10% against Chinese products. If the US raise tariff up to 25%, China would raise its tariff against US products to a new level or having some similar counter measurement.

If China agrees, the 10% tariff will be there as formal while China has to lower its tariff back to normal level. US wins!

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The positive progress in the latest round of China-U.S. economic and trade consultations is welcome, a spokesperson for the national political advisory body said Saturday.

Reaching a mutually beneficial agreement as soon as possible will not only benefit both countries, but also be good news for the world economy, Guo Weimin, spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said at a press conference.

The latest round of consultations in Washington was held under the guidance of the important consensus reached by the presidents of the two countries during their Argentina meeting, and both sides have focused on issues of mutual concern, Guo said.

"Substantial progress has been made on such specific issues as technology transfer, protection of intellectual property rights, non-tariff barriers, service industry, agriculture and exchange rates," he added.

Both sides have vowed to enhance communication following the principle and direction set by the two heads of state and continue their work for the next stage, Guo said.

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