Huawei's
1)
and the hardest to pin down. It could be a vehicle for
Chinese spying or even in a time of war, sabotage. Rumours of this 2)
(including this week), but it makes sense to be wary. Huawei has 3)
which will connect everything from cars to robots. The networks dispersed
design makes them hard to monitor. And China's leaders 4)
including
firms such as Huawei in which the state has no stake. This influence has been
formalised in the National Intelligence Law of 2017, 5)
with China's
one-party state. The nuclear option would be to ban Huawei. Since 2012 it 6)
from selling equipment in America. Australia recently prohibited Huawei's 5g
equipment Japan has 7)
America could probably put Huawei out of
business if it wanted to.
8)
such as Qualcomm and Intel from
supplying it with crucial components and by cutting it off from the global banking
system.
Such aggressive action would come with huge costs for all including America. The
economic ones are obvious.
9)
at least 180.000 jobs would go.
mainly in China, and customers would have less choice On January 29th an Australian
operator deprived of Huawei gear abandoned plans for a new 5g network But the
greatest cost would be a
10)
The line between justice and trade
negotiations has become blurred American officials insist that they are just enforcing
the law, but President Donald Trump has said that Ms Meng's fate is a bargaining chip.
Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary and a China hawk was present this week when
the allegations against Huawei Huawei were announced. The exclusion of a firm on the
say-so of American officials, without evidence of spying, would set a dangerous
precedent. The same precautionary logic would justify banning all hardware made in
China or keeping Chinese firms out of industries like e-commerce or finance. Might
China be entitled to impose a similar ban on American firms with a big role in its
economy? Think of General Motors or Boeing.​