US-China trade skirmishes obscure the start of tech cold war
by Martin Farrer from Economics | The Guardian on (#4FHRV)
Huawei dispute shows how Washington is seeking to counter Beijing's use of technology to gain geopolitical supremacy
The decision by Google, Intel and Qualcomm to freeze cooperation with Huawei could mark the point where the rumbling trade war between the US and China becomes a full-blown tech cold war.
By excluding China from western know-how, the Trump administration has made it clear that the real battle is about which of the two economic superpowers has the technological edge for the next two decades.
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