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Trade talks are stuck in a rut

Revived trade negotiations between the U.S. and China are said to have stalled again. One big problem, according to William Mauldin and Chao Deng of the WSJ: how much Washington should ease up on Huawei.

• Though President Trump has allowed companies to resume selling some American technology to Huawei, his administration still considers the Chinese tech giant a threat to national security.

• “So far administration officials haven’t reached consensus on which semiconductor chips and other products can be provided to Huawei without triggering security concerns or giving the company a strategic edge,” the WSJ reports, citing unnamed sources.

• “Beijing is waiting to see what the U.S. does on Huawei before making commitments.”

There are other issues as well, including that the Chinese aren’t buying the huge amount of U.S. agricultural products that Mr. Trump says President Xi Jinping of China promised.