Huawei has been dominating the headlines this past week but unfortunately, it is not because of the latest phone or other products that the company launched. Instead, the company has been in the news because of the trade blacklist which the US government slapped on the Chinese company. This blacklist has triggered a chain reaction of response from US companies and allies in compliance with the ban. Companies like Google, Intel, Qualcomm, ARM and the SD Association have all severed ties with the firm as a component of the U.S. request.
The U.S. government’s trade blacklist against Huawei comes in the midst of rising pressures between the nation and China. The clampdown by the US has driven some to ponder whether China would counter with its own sanctions against U.S. tech firms like Apple. However, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has disclosed in an interview with Bloomberg that he would protest a Chinese boycott against Apple, even referring to the Cupertino-based organization as his “teacher”.
“That will not happen, first of all. And second of all, if that happens, I’ll be the first to protest,” Ren was quoted to have said. “Apple is my teacher, it’s in the lead. As a student, why go against my teacher? Never,” he added.
However, Ren conceded that the U.S. boycott has had some impact on Huawei’s 5G lead, but insisted that the company would be able to deliver solutions to fill the gap. He didn’t disclose any timeline for these replacement solutions to come into effect.
Notwithstanding Ren’s comments, we believe China is working on its own set of boycotts that would be slammed on US companies but we can’t say if that will resolve anything. Let us know what you think in the comments section.
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