TOBY SHAPSHAK: The unintended consequences of Huawei ban
A mobile OS is crucial to the smartphone ecosystem, so if Huawei makes its own, the knock-on effects could be drastic
30 May 2019 - 05:00
When the US government declared two weeks ago it would blacklist Huawei, it appeared to be yet another skirmish in the trade war with China that would probably blow over.
But by the end of last week, the US commerce department’s action — it put Huawei on a list of entities that US companies need a licence to trade with — had the feel of a full-scale disaster...
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