China blasts US blacklisting of Huawei as trade tensions rise

Beijing

CHINA on Thursday slammed a decision by the US government to put telecom equipment giant Huawei on a blacklist and said it will take steps to protect its companies, in a further test of ties as the economic heavyweights clash over trade.

China is strongly against other countries imposing unilateral sanctions on Chinese entities, a Commerce Ministry spokesman said, stressing that Washington should avoid further damaging Sino-US trade relations.