U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross discusses license applications from U.S. technology companies to sell to Huawei Technologies Co, China's imports of U.S. agriculture products, and sharing citizenship information related to the U.S. census.

Trade negotiations are at standstill as Washington weighs how much business with telecom-equipment giant to allow.

Licenses would allow U.S. suppliers to resume sales to blacklisted Chinese firm.

The U.S. government will issue licenses to companies seeking to sell goods to China’s Huawei where there is no threat to national security.

While Huawei may present a genuine security risk to the United States and the world, there are big problems with the current case against the telecommunications giant, and banning all forms of commerce is not the way forward.

The U.S. government filed a motion on Wednesday asking for the dismissal of a lawsuit by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd that claimed the United States had acted illegally when it blacklisted Huawei’s products.