Open standards, not sanctions, are America’s best weapon against Huawei
America needs a new way to deal with the Chinese telecoms giant. Its own tech industry points the way
TECHNOLOGY IS POWER. Whoever controls the global digital infrastructure controls the world. That is why America is so worried about China’s rise as a technological superpower. It also explains why it is going to such lengths, even using European-style industrial policy, to rein in Huawei, China’s leading maker of telecoms equipment. The company leads the world in 5G, the next generation of mobile networks, which are expected to become the central nervous system of the global economy.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Huawei and 5Geopolitics”
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