News Report: Huawei Finds a New Friend in The Pentagon

[Admin]

The Pentagon and the U.S. Department of the Treasury reportedly intervened to convince the Commerce Department to rethink further restrictions on Huawei's business.

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[bit_user]

In the long term, what's at stake isn't so much Huawei's business (since that will dry up very soon, as China transitions to sourcing all of its technology internally), but whether any other foreign firms will run the risk of sourcing from US suppliers.

Trump's tech export bans could seriously damage the long term health of the US tech sector. For that reason, I'm hoping the administration doesn't just reverse course, but actually loses a court case on its legality. Otherwise, foreign firms (even in friendly countries) will always worry that their supply & support from US firms could suddenly get shut off.

 

[bit_user]

even if that meant fabricating paranoia and spreading fear of Chinese tech as baseless as it seems to all corners of the globe.

Except Trump didn't invent fear and suspicion of Chinese exports.

As for telecomms & other infrastructure products, I don't think any country should trust its suppliers. They should insist on full transparency, with all software and firmware being delivered in source code form and compiled/deployed with standard tools.