Larry Kudlow was asked in an interview on CNBC Friday if investors should see the U. S. criminal case against the Chinese smartphone giant as a
U. S. President Donald Trump‘s economic adviser is not completely ruling out suggestions the Huawei case could factor into U. S.-China trade negotiations.
Larry Kudlow was asked Friday if investors should see the criminal case against the Chinese smartphone giant as a “wild card” in the ongoing talks.
“The Huawei issue is a complicated issue. It’s really not a trade issue,” Kudlow said in an interview on CNBC. “I mean, if you listen to ambassador (Robert) Lighthizer, we regard that more as a legal issue — at least at the moment.”
He acknowledged that arrest of the Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is “part of the overall landscape” but said he didn’t want to comment on it.
