Huawei v the US: Trump risks a tech cold war

While curbs on the Chinese company play into the trade war rhetoric, US industry fears it has a lot to lose from the dispute

Richard Waters, Kathrin Hille and Louise Lucas
Huawei staff at an expo in Guiyang, China's Guizhou province, on Sunday. The country is in a separate digital universe to much of the rest of the world, and by cutting off Huawei, the US has taken a step that points towards a near-total tech split, s
Huawei staff at an expo in Guiyang, China's Guizhou province, on Sunday. The country is in a separate digital universe to much of the rest of the world, and by cutting off Huawei, the US has taken a step that points towards a near-total tech split, says the writer. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Updated
May 28, 2019, 05:10 AM
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May 28, 2019, 05:00 AM
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President Donald Trump's latest confrontation with China's most important tech company may just have plunged the world into a technology cold war.

Efforts to limit the ability of Huawei to buy from suppliers reliant on American technology threaten to tie the hands of a company that aimed to become a key global supplier in the era of 5G mobile communications.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 28, 2019, with the headline Huawei v the US: Trump risks a tech cold war. Subscribe

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