Trump's crackdown on Huawei jeopardizes US corporate survival, Microsoft warns – RT Business News
US major Major Microsoft is unhappy with US President Donald Trump's pressure against China's Huawei, claiming that such unfair and "American" treatment can hit indigenous companies hard, and Microsoft itself will not be spared.
Tech giant President Brad Smith is seriously in doubt about the reason Huawei was added to the US notorious Entity List, which effectively prohibits US companies from doing business with the Chinese violator. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Smith said his company wants the Trump administration to shed more light on the matter to check if the move was not taken without "a good foundation in reality, logic and the rule of law." [19659003] regulators, however, failed to provide a probable explanation, as they simply claim to know much more than they reveal to businessmen, according to the Microsoft official. He argues that the government must open up for companies to decide for themselves.
That it can sell products but not buy an operating system or chips is like telling a hotel company that it can open its doors but not put beds in the hotel rooms or the food in the restaurant. Either way, you postpone the survival of that company. " explained the Microsoft president.
The US majority of Silicon Valley not only fears losing a key client as Huawei buys Microsoft software for its laptops, but also for loses its grip on the global technology market if the United States continues to
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It was previously reported that US companies, including Qualcomm, Intel and Microsoft, could lose up to $ 11 billion if they loses Huawei as a client Given that their revenue is at stake, US hardware and software vendors have already tried to lobby the US government to ease the ban on the Chinese company.
Meanwhile, Huawei has been working on adapting hostile US policies and has already announced the release of the Harmony OS operating system, which can replace Google Android if cut off from US technologies. It is also believed to be a stalemate for losing access to the most popular Google apps and developing similar programs to replace them.
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