mo4ch:>Mnuchin confirms Trump could use 'security threat' Huawei as bargaining chip in trade war | Mo4ch News

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has admitted that while Chinese telecom giant Huawei remains a supposedly dangerous national security issue – except when it can be used to wring a better deal out of China."I think what the president is saying is, if we move forward on trade, that perhaps he'll be willing to do certain things on Huawei if he gets comfort from China on that and certain guarantees," Mnuchin said Sunday.Mnuchin's words double down on the contradictory arguments made by US President Donald Trump in May, after he put the Chinese 5G technology pioneer on the US companies blacklist.Also on rt.comUS attempt to push Huawei from global market is the first sign of looming tech war - Putin"Huawei is something that's very dangerous," he said then, talking about the supposed security and military risks from letting Huawei into the US market. At the same time he admitted that he would be willing to yield some of it to get a better deal in the ongo…