After 3 years of house arrest in Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returns to China
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, was held under house arrest in Canada over allegations of the tech giant flouting US-imposed sanctions on Iran. China continues to insist that her arrest and prosecution was political
China’s trade deals to the east and west rewrite the rules
Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and John Ross, Senior Fellow Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, discuss the RCEP and EU-China trade deals
Who benefits from the US escalation against Huawei?
The UK ban on Huawei is a direct result of US pressure on its allies to not allow the Chinese company into their markets.
US and China arrive at truce in trade war but concerns remain
US president Donald Trump and Chinese vice-premier Liu He reached an agreement on October 11 whereby the former agreed to not implement tariffs while the latter promised to increase agricultural imports
US extends temporary trade license for Huawei, despite extending ban on affiliates
The extension of the deferred ban on 46 affiliates of Huawei is seen as an attempt to pressure China for leverage in the ongoing trade negotiations.
US-China trade war has become a technological war
Prabir Purkayastha talks about the latest developments in the US-China trade war, which has become a full-fledged technology war.
By Blacklisting Huawei, US Escalates Technological War on China
The US is escalating tech war with China, as maintaining its domination over 5G networks, which will revolutionize every aspect of life, is an essential part of its imperialist agenda.
With Huawei sanctions, US intensifies technological war on China
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the larger context behind the latest US measures targeting telecommunications giant Huawei.
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