TECH AND POLITICS
The Huawei Ban is a Self-Defeating Tactic
How Trump’s sanctions against Huawei undermine American interests
By acting in accordance with “after me, the deluge” principle, Trump blacklisted Huawei, thereby forcing China to facilitate the development of indigenous innovation and self-sufficiency in critical technologies, thus undermining one of America’s most important sources of power — economic and technological interdependence.
Recently, as a result of the escalated tensions between the US and China and due to the inability to resolve trade tensions, US President Donald Trump has included Chinese tech giant Huawei into a list of companies that are barred from doing business with the US.
The implications for Huawei are disastrous in the short run. Head of Huawei has already estimated potential losses amounting to $30 billion in the next two years.
Huawei, without access to Google’s Android operating system and, most importantly, Play Store and other Google services, will face…
