Kirkman also said that London Live should be given further concessions in terms of what it is allowed to offer advertisers to increase its chances of success.
The United States won't be reducing any existing trade barriers; all the concessions in terms of opening markets will come from the Chinese side.
If the concession was made in terms of usability or energy efficiently, it would mean the users would be constrained in terms of space, movement, autonomy, or even all of the three.
But that approach has drawn ire from hard-liners like Peter Navarro, a trade adviser, and Robert E. Lighthizer, the top trade negotiator, who argue that the White House needs to hold out for bigger concessions from China in terms of reforming its economy and reducing its trade surplus with the United States.
Although it's not clear how much Qualcomm gave up in concessions to Apple in terms of payments and rates, the settlement lets it continue one of the most profitable businesses in the $400-billion semiconductor industry.
Based on that $2-a-share forecast and a rough estimate of how many iPhones might be sold with Qualcomm's modems, it doesn't appear that the chipmaker made any major concessions to Apple in terms of the licensing rate per phone, said Kevin Cassidy, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. "It seems like they played chicken and won," Cassidy said.
They can also try to force concessions from their workers in terms of reduced pay and benefits, in some cases.
He now had an able ally at no great cost in terms of concessions on his part.
"I was very surprised to see how far the mainland has gone in terms of concessions," said James E. Thompson, the chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce here.
