Huawei and the US are not exactly on their best terms despite the recent reprieve from the Trump administration. Currently, the telecommunications giant cannot buy or sell products to US companies for new devices. This is turning out to be incredibly damaging to the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, who relies on a number of American components to make its products. In fact, software solutions from companies like Microsoft and Google do not have viable replacements, making the ban even more damaging for Huawei.
But this ban affects US companies like Google as well, who have been Huawei’s long-time partners. In fact, Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, recently said that the US ban on Huawei was both unfair and un-American. He calls for better transparency in Huawei’s case asking for more evidence. He further revealed that whenever Microsoft has approached the Trump administration about the Huawei case, it often gets a vague answer like, “Well, if you knew what we knew, you would agree with us.” Microsoft’s reply would often be, ‘Great, show us what you know so we can decide for ourselves. That’s the way this country works.’
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He further warned that the Trump administrations ban could expand beyond Huawei possibly affecting the competitiveness of US companies on a global scale. He says “You can’t be a global technology leader if you can’t bring your technology to the globe.”
Smith believes the solution to this is working together on a global scale. Implementing standards for privacy and data collection that are accepted on an international level, including China, is the way to move forward.
Currently, Huawei’s upcoming Mate 30 series isn’t licensed to use Google Apps. While Huawei reportedly has a workaround to this issue, it will still affect the sales of the Chinese smartphone maker and spoil its chances of overtaking Samsung as the biggest smartphone maker by 2020.
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