Posted on 09/18/2019 1:34:01 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
More Huawei defiance was aimed at U.S. President Trump on Sunday, but this time it was coming from much closer to home. Brad Smith, the President and Chief Legal Officer of America’s own Microsoft has criticized his government’s treatment of the Chinese tech giant—suggesting that the company’s U.S. supply chain restrictions should be revisited.
In an interview, Smith suggests that the action taken against Huawei should be revisited, ensuring that anything done has a “sound basis in fact, logic, and the rule of law.” He has seen this first-hand, when Microsoft has itself engaged with the U.S. bodies enforcing the restrictions. As has been reported, he explains, the justifications are thin and draped in inference and “need to know.”
“Oftentimes,” Smith told the newspaper, “what we get in response is, ‘well, if you knew what we knew, you would agree with us’.
September is set to be a significant month for Huawei as it prepares for life without access to the U.S. tech it has built its consumer business around. And now, as David Phelan reports for Forbes, all eyes are on the imminent launch of the Mate 30 Series to see just how Huawei intends to launch new products despite U.S. restrictions. An Android smartphone targeting the international market but lacking Gmail and Google Maps and access to the Play Store seems hard to imagine, but, as Phelan reports, that’s where Huawei now finds itself.
Following Trump’s meeting with President Xi, his Chinese counterpart in June, there was talk of exemptions for some of Huawei’s U.S. supply chain where national security concerns were not in play. This was confirmed by the Commerce Department—U.S. firms were encouraged to apply for licenses. But then the standoff hardened, and of the 100+ U.S. supplier applications none have reportedly been awarded.
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I pray that President Trump hangs tough on China.
He knows these people like no one else. He’s had decades of dealing with them. The Chinese don’t think like we do. They don’t want what we want.
The President *must* break; not dent China’s economy.
They waved a white flag early on when the government said it wouldn’t let the yuan keep sliding. They cannot win this. It’s simple arithmetic. The US represents 5% of China’s economy; China represents 1% of the US economy.
President Trump already has met with leaders of Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and South Korea; we have plenty of sources of cheap crap. He also sent Ivanka to India in 2017; they want in.
China will ultimately cave. An agreement will be hammered out in a way that allows them to save face. They will honor it for the duration of the Trump presidency.
That’s why the President has to wreck China. He has to make sure they can’t get back up off the mat for decades after he leaves office.
He has to resurrect Space Force.
He will do it for his grandkids and their kids.
My dad said that during the cold war, there were always some businesses whose executives would regularly criticize and attempt to circumvent U.S. prohibitions against selling to the Soviets.
If “Forbes” proclaims it...no one with half a brain listens...period!!! Go, Trumpie!!!
Agreed.
It is now a media powerhouse of Chinese I think, from Hong Kong.
Certainly not the Forbes, of old.
Although, I do not know whether that makes a difference, just mentioning it, is all.
I think all of us will side with the President on this one, especially when the criticism is coming from the Leftist of Big Tech. Issue is, if the President and Intel agencies know something that this clown does not, I’m thinking that information will fall into that, G-14 Classified file. If so, then he doesn’t rate knowing anything.
What would be interesting is to allow him in on the intel, tell him that if he leaks it, he does so under penalty of immediate and very long term incarceration in the SuperMax. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Directly to prison.
Agreed. Microsoft is trying to portray Huawei as a sympathetic figure.
What is irritating is they seem to believe Trump is dumb enough to fall for their scheme.
If ever there’s a nuclear exchange with China, and Shenzhen is targeted, I sure hope Stratcom uses Huawei’s HQ there as an aimpoint. It’s the only way to be sure.
If entities like Microsoft, Google, Chamber Of Commerce, etc., are whining, then we’re on the right path.
The battle for global control over 5G continues.
Yea, as if those clueless idiots at Microsoft know what they are doing....
I remember formatting new Chinese made mini-floppy disks that already had viruses on them.
I guess all those H1B visa quid pro quos and our microsoft dept of ed democrat money laundering need replenishing.
Of course, if the Chinese are able to sell their citizenry cell phones without any Google services, they will outpace US productivity in months.
Forbes is now and always has been anti trump
Steve Frobes is as bad a never Trumper as Bill Kristol
Forbes has in effect abandoned it’s traditionally conservative vice and turned to the liberal dark side
Malcome Frobes must be spinning in his grave
[The battle for global control over 5G continues.]
Forbes is now and always has been anti trump
Steve Frobes is as bad a never Trumper as Bill Kristol
Forbes has in effect abandoned it’s traditionally conservative vice and turned to the liberal dark side
Malcome Forbes must be spinning in his grave
All of these tech giants are more Chinese than American. They see Trump as a passing fad. The companies made their choice of allegiance years ago and are sticking with the Chicoms.
[All of these tech giants are more Chinese than American. They see Trump as a passing fad. The companies made their choice of allegiance years ago and are sticking with the Chicoms.]
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