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US is also threatening to stop business with whoever doesn't ban Huawei, so that's why
by trickstra 7y ago
US is also threatening to stop business with whoever doesn't ban Huawei, so that's why
- emn13 7y agoWithout trying to imply some kind of opinion as to Huawei or Trump here: I don't think that's a serious threat. It's one thing to make a lot of tough-looking noise as a matter of protectionism to curry favor with voters thus protected - it's quite another to actually hurt those same voter's economic interest fairly quickly without clear, short-term benefit. In other words: protection classical industry makes some sense politically (whether or not it's a good idea), setting off a real trade war with your allies when you're also in a trade war with china makes no sense at all. Also, I doubt Trump needs to. He's quite capable of harassing Huawei without much foreign support. Why risk a recession - and thus reelection - if you don't have too?