It's now illegal for all the major players to sell them microprocessors. Can't build a smartphone without one.
"The United States last week blocked Huawei from buying goods made from 25% or more of U.S.-originated technologies or materials"
"The United States last week blocked Huawei from buying goods made from 25% or more of U.S.-originated technologies or materials"
The irony is that that is exactly what western companies blame China for.
This is one possible outcome. Another is that China learns to be a bit less self-serving and more cooperative with the rest of the world.
> Because the message this sends to the bigger world is: don't get too successful or we will kill your business.
That seems like a bit of a biased interpretation. Do you believe the US is literally trying to kill Huawei, or might it be possible that this is a negotiating tactic to get them to realize and acknowledge the value they receive from the rest of the world generously trading with them, by demonstrating the consequences of what happens when someone treats them in the way they treat the rest of the world (I am referring to access to their markets)?
> The irony is that that is exactly what western companies blame China for.
In the Alanis Morissette sense maybe.
Because they have such a great example given by USA to follow.
Any proposition starting with the phrase "the irony is that..." is likely to be an atrocity against the concept of irony. Irony is a property of communication, not of situations. Irony is the rhetorical quality of communicating multiple messages to multiple audiences. Irony is not "coincidence", so it would not apply to a "USA did X and China did X" situation.
However, in this case, what China is doing doesn't matter. The public communications of USA elites are heard by multiple audiences. Their subjects are meant to understand "China is dangerous; the world is dangerous; fear everything; don't question the military-industrial complex; don't question the popular news media; we should always be at war." Their fellow elites in China are meant to understand "Representative government is a sham; we are not constrained by our subjects; if we want to deprive our subjects of access to your products we will; also fuck you."
Both audiences are getting those messages loud and clear. Isn't it ironic?
ARM is a british company owned by a Japanese group. Them getting involved must sting much harder than Qualcomm.