US-China tariff tiff has got in Huawei of beating Samsung in smartphone stakes, top brass sigh

HMG - in the person of Michael Gove - firmly ruled out a trade deal with the US.

That is to say, in the early morning of Jan. 5th this year (while attending a farmers' conference in his capacity as DEFRA minister), he absolutely ruled out dropping food production and safety standards or accepting imports produced to lower standards (a race to the bottom that would of course totally undermine UK farmers). Since that is the US red line that has prevented a US-EU trade deal (and that presents the biggest brexit problem over the Northern Ireland border), we won't be accepting a trade deal.

Not that those in his party who reject the "backstop" will accept any of that. I expect Gove would've been firmly reprimanded for his clarity if the PM or the ERG or one or two others had the mental capacity to see it.

I expect they'll continue to equivocate on Huawei (I wonder if anyone has the guts to say put up or shut up)? And aren't even some of the mainstream press starting to notice the glaring nonsense in the orange Tantrump?