The U.S.’s Star Witness in the Qualcomm Antitrust Suit: China's Huawei
- Huawei’s role in FTC case at odds with other U.S. actions
- China giant’s dominance cited in blocked Qualcomm acquisition
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Two of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s biggest witnesses in the opening day of its trial against Qualcomm Inc. for allegedly harming competition for smartphone components were Chinese companies.
That’s not surprising: the Asian country is the largest smartphone maker and most of the world’s biggest makers of those devices are based there. But their role today does show just how much has changed since the FTC originally brought its case in January 2017.