mr. zhengfei: the u.s. has never bought products from us. even if the u.s.our products in the future, i may not sell to them. there is no need for negotiation. i will ignore trump. then, with whom can he negotiate? if he calls me, i may not answer. i have seen his tweets, and they are laughable because they are contradictory. reporter: the list of companies that supply huawei with components and also software that are now cutting off supply, growing. intel panasonic, qualcomm, , google, as well. i guess the question is, for how long can huawei survive without those supplies, both components and software? mr. zhengfei: the u.s. manages its own companies. the u.s. is not the international police. they cannot manage the whole world. the rest of the world decides whether they should work with us based on their own business interests and positions. if some companies do not want to work with us, it is like a hole in the airplane. we are working to fix the hole, but the airplane is still able to fly. of the chips we have been using, half are from u.s. companies, an

mr. zhengfei: we can become bigger or smaller. we are not a public company.t only pursuing growth and profit. if -- it is good enough for us to just survive. >> there have been calls by some in china for beijing to retaliate against apple. is that an action that china should be looking at taking? mr. zhengfei: that will not happen, first of all, and second of all, if that happens, i will be the first to protest. apple is the world's leading company. if there was no apple, there would be no mobile internet. if there was no apple to help show us the world, i would not see the beauty of this world. apple is my teacher. us.s in front of as a student, why should i oppose my teacher? i would never do that. >> the critics of huawei would say you got to where you are through intellectual property theft. what would you say to that? the u.s. has not developed that technology. from where should i steal it? it is more likely that they steal our technology, now that we are leading the u.s. trump had so many efforts to attack us. he attacks us because we are now more advan