Without 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 n

Without 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?