director who joins us this
morning from connecticut.
larry, good to have you here.
the president said he's not
increasing tariffs on china and
he's allowing american companies
to do business with huawei that
throws that tech firm a
lifeline.
what did the u.s. get for these
concessions?
>> well, let's -- first of all,
the talks are going to restart.
i thinkthets a very big deal
right there.
they are going to restart.
look, regarding the huawei
story, let me just try to
clarify that.
there will be sales from
american companies, but only in
the sense of a general
merchandise, things that are
available in other places around
the world.
anything to do with national
security concerns will not
receive a new license from the
commerce department.
i think that's very important.
i think people have to
understand that.
stuff that's generally available
will be -- will be probably
getting a temporary license from
the commerce department.
we'll see how far that goes.
second point is we are...