Banning Huawei: An Act of Economic War (Hermes)

For more than a year, the US and China have been embroiled in a bitter trade war, which is now centred on Chinese telecommunications company Huawei. The world’s dominant 5G company has been blacklisted by the Trump administration after being charged with stealing trade secrets and violating US sanctions, spurring US technology companies to cut it off from vital supplies. In this issue of Gemologist, we ask: is this a tactic in protracted trade negotiations, or the outbreak of an economic war? READ MORE

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