A man uses his smartphone outside a shop selling Huawei products in Beijing on Wednesday. The Chinese tech giant has filed a motion in the US courts challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecoms equipment. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
By blacklisting Huawei, the US may have triggered a new era of protectionism for China – and the rest of the world
- Every country is protectionist to some degree, but the US’ determination under Trump to punish China may discourage Beijing from further opening up, and instead encourage an inward turn – and this may well be repeated around the globe
A man uses his smartphone outside a shop selling Huawei products in Beijing on Wednesday. The Chinese tech giant has filed a motion in the US courts challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecoms equipment. Photo: AP