America closes the last loophole in its hounding of Huawei
In a few months the Chinese telecoms giant will run out of chips—and options
THANKS TO ITS high quality and low prices, Huawei’s telecoms gear is popular around the world. Not in America, where the Chinese giant is banished over (unsubstantiated) fears that it could be used by spies in Beijing to eavesdrop on Americans. But expelling Huawei from the United States—and pressing allies like Australia and Britain to do the same—was not enough for the Trump administration. It seems to want Huawei dead.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “No more quarter”
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