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Based on news reports in other countries it's a pretty consistent stance for Chinese diplomats to make the claim that if Huawei is allowed to compete in a free
by xfs 7y ago
Based on news reports in other countries it's a pretty consistent stance for Chinese diplomats to make the claim that if Huawei is allowed to compete in a free market manner it will be beneficial to trade relationship or if Huawei is banned for security reason it will damage trade relationship with China. The article did provide a background for such security concern from Danish defense ministry.
It's still entirely in the realm of possibility that the Chinese diplomat in question asked for unfair non-market advantage, but I find it quite unnecessary because Huawei's technology is already competitive on its own, why spend political capital for such minute economic gains? A more probable story, as has already happened in many other countries, is that local ISP chooses Huawei based on price and competitiveness and is blocked by government on security grounds, then Chinese diplomats step in to remove that block based on other stick and carrots.
- Retric 7y agoFor China Huawei’s trade with any country is meaningless from an economic standpoint. It’s in no way worth the kind of political capital their spending on it’s defense. They either care for intelligence gathering or political reasons. Politically it could be anything from ideology to corruption and backroom politics. But, again the economic angle is hardly worth the effort when their risking a major backlash.
- piiswrong 7y agoMeaning while Trump is trying to make other country buy more Boeing planes?
- simula67 7y agoIt sends a signal that the Chinese government will defend businesses based on China, which is valuable in itself. It could inspire more Chinese people to setup businesses in China and not migrate to the west, it could encourage businesses in other countries to compete with Chinese businesses on merit and not with threats by their governments etc.
- throw34167 7y agoIf I recall, this is similar to how the US agreed to let China into the WTO back in ‘99. Basically, China agreed to license CDMA from Qualcomm, despite already deploying GSM. Once China started paying, the US dropped its objections. So I think it’s quite normal for politicians to advocate for their nation’s companies.