Washington's trade folly evident

The US Commerce Department has extended the temporary reprieve given to Huawei, allowing the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant to continue buying supplies from US companies for another 90 days.

The first reprieve that was announced in May after Washington put the company on its Entity List on the grounds that it endangers US national security and harms its foreign policy interests was to expire on Monday.

Extending it does not necessarily mean the US has had a change of heart toward the company - "I don't want to do business (with Huawei) at all because it is a national security threat," the US leader said on Sunday.