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Don’t Worry About a U.S. Component Ban on Huawei
History suggests a deal will be made, with Trump already indicating his willingness to use the case as a bargaining chip in trade talks.
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With Huawei Technologies Co.’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou released on bail in Canada, attention now turns to the U.S. case against the Chinese company and any likely penalties.
A U.S. ban on the use of Huawei equipment by telecom providers wouldn’t be a huge loss to the telecom equipment maker, as I wrote on Tuesday, because the Americas as a region accounts for less than 7 percent of revenue.