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What’s next for Huawei after US trade blacklist?

Google restricts access to Chinese technology company after the US blacklists it over national security concerns.

Major technology companies are considering their next steps after the United States blacklisted Chinese tech giant Huawei over national security concerns.

American suppliers have three months to keep supporting Huawei users before they have to cut ties.

Google said it will carry on updating its software on existing Huawei devices, but new handsets won’t have access to its operating system and applications.

That’s raising questions about how the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker will adapt.

How will consumers and the industry be affected? And could this change the course of the ongoing US-China trade war?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:

Robert Scott – Senior international economist at the Economic Policy Institute

Pauline Loong – Veteran China policy risk analyst and managing director at Asia-Analytica

Max Eiza – Lecturer in computer and network security at the University of Central Lancashire