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If the U.S. cripples Huawei, will China retaliate against Apple?

September 15, 2020

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In August, the U.S. may have delivered a ‘death sentence’ to Chinese tech giant Huawei, potentially starving the phone and 5G equipment manufacturer of access to critical semiconductor chips. The eye-for-an-eye nature of the feud between the two superpowers begs the question: If U.S. does in fact kill or at least severely injure Huawei, how will China retaliate?

The U.S. does not have a global 5G equipment maker like Huawei that would give China a natural target for reprisal. But analysts trying to map out China’s alternatives have focused on a certain Cupertino-based giant.

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