THE standoff between the two economic giants that has only intensified since 2018 is causing the global technology supply chain to start crumbling.
The problem is a long time coming ever since US President Donald Trump waged war against China’s tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd last year with an export blacklist and also banned American companies from doing business with the largest smartphone vendor.
Recently, Trump has also orchestrated a move to stop foreign chip producers using US technology to supply to Huawei without a licence.
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