Trump, Ross comments make clear: Cyber agency in long game on China and ICT

The license extension for selling components to Huawei was framed by the Commerce Department as a temporary helping hand to U.S. tech companies and rural telecoms, but the administration's comments around this week's move make clear that DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has a central and ongoing role in securing the information and communications technology supply chain against perceived Chinese threats.

“I don’t want to do business at all, because it is a national security threat,” President Trump...