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On 1 December, the \u201ceconomic cold war\u201d between China\u2019s Xi Jinping and America\u2019s president Trump took two important steps, but in opposite directions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dikang, chinaworker.info<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A very fuzzy truce, devoid of specifics, was declared by the two leaders at the G20 summit in Argentina. Both sides agreed to \u201cpause\u201d their trade war for 90 days, freezing tariffs (a tax on imports) at current levels. If no wider deal on the underlying issues can be reached by 2 March, the trade war, with threats by Trump to increase his anti-China tariffs from 10 to 25 percent, will resume.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truce shows that economic pressures have increased on both sides, with the economic outlook darkening in both countries and globally, although this is no guarantee of a permanent deal. As that conflict was partially defused, however, a new and potentially more serious front opened with the arrest in\u2008Canada of Huawei\u2019s Meng Wanzhou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meng is both Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, China\u2019s biggest smartphone manufacturer, and the daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei. She has been released on bail pending legal action by US authorities to get her extradited to face charges that she and Huawei have violated US sanctions against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Battle over 5G<\/strong>
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The Meng affair could signal an escalation of the Trump administration\u2019s \u201ctechnology war\u201d against China even as a partial roll back or ceasefire on tariffs becomes a possibility. Huawei is a key company in China\u2019s push to catch up and even overtake the US and Western economies in technology. The company is already the target of a campaign by Western governments to exclude it from their plans for 5G (fifth generation mobile communications) \u2013 a field in which Huawei, and China, are already ahead of Western countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5G represents a more significant technological advance than its predecessors, such as the current 4G standard. It could have big implications for everything from transportation systems to factories and hospitals. It will also have important military implications, another reason why Trump and other Western leaders want to take a harder line against Huawei and other Chinese tech companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more \u27b3 US-China trade war \u2013 can Xi and Trump back away from conflict?<\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US has previously taken action by banning trade and investments with Chinese tech companies, famously against ZTE last April, which brought the company to the brink of collapse. Huawei is equally dependent on the US tech sector for its main components \u2013 of its 92 core suppliers, 33 are US companies. Whatever happens in the case of Meng, it seems likely the \u201ctech war\u201d between Washington and Beijing is set to escalate. This conflict is not just about economic interests and profits, vital as these are, but about strategic interests \u2013 to decide which superpower gets to dictate to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more \u27b3  US-China trade war: A long conflict?<\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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