Trump’s banning of Huawei could be the beginning of the biggest trade war ever | John Naughton

Trump’s banning of Huawei could be the beginning of the biggest trade war ever | John Naughton

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/02/trump-banning-huawei-beginning-of-biggest-trade-war-ever-united-states

Don’t expect the Chinese government to roll over in the fight against the tech giant

Until recently, the only thing the average citizen could have told you about Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, was that s/he hadn’t the faintest idea of how to pronounce it (it’s “hwa-wei” btw, according to Wikipedia). And then, suddenly, this unpronounceable company seemed to be all over the news. Now it’s at the centre of a burgeoning geopolitical row. How did that happen?