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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he will visit Britain and Denmark next week, days after London pleased Washington with a ban on Chinese telecom giant Huawei. SOUNDBITE
Huawei has been given a further 45-day reprieve by the US Commerce Department.
Huawei has launched a legal challenge after US regulators classified it as a national security threat.
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei says it has petitioned a US court to overturn a ban that prevents carriers in rural America from tapping an $8.5-billion federal fund to purchase the company's equipment. Chief Legal Officer Song Liuping says the company has no choice but to "seek legal remedy." SOUNDBITE
Huawei have updated their predicted losses following the US trade ban to be $10 billon oppose to $30 billion.
Chinese tech giant Huawei's chief legal officer Song Liuping says the firm has asked a US court to throw out US legislation that bars federal agencies from buying its products, and that the US Congress had failed to provide evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products. SOUNDBITE