Trump's fight with Huawei is illogical and may end up being disastrous for the western world in the long run.
Currently, there is more US technology in Huawei smartphones than Chinese technology. In a world where we cross-license technologies on a global basis, everyone can win. In a world where we force China to develop its own technology to replace US technology, there are many losers, especially in the western world. China can and will, if forced to, develop its own version of Google, Facebook, Intel CPU chips, Windows & Android operating systems, communications technologies, etc, etc, etc. In a world split between totally incompatible systems, the biggest player will win - guess what USA, you will no longer be the biggest player - by a wide margin. You will lose. The USA is "afraid" that the Chinese will use Huawei's 5G technology to spy on them. Like the USA does not already use the almost weekly security breaches in Windows, Intel chips, etc to spy on China. There is no such thing as perfect "zero risk" software or hardware. All systems are subject to hacking. Is it not better to be working together to combat cybercrime, than starting a "cyber" cold war? For sure China has flagrantly flaunted copyright laws in the past but this is rapidly changing as they develop more and more of their own technologies for which they too have a vested interest in a rigorous global copyright system. The fact that the USA cannot possibly win a "cyber" cold war, or even outright cyber warfare, was quietly but forcefully demonstrated at a recent international conference on Artificial Intelligence. The USA was arrogantly stating that they will win the AI race since they had over 2000 PhD's working in this field. The Chinese delegate quietly pointed out to the audience that the Chinese had 20,000 PhD's working in this field. And this huge intellectual advantage is true for virtually every major technological field. A robust global technology-based economy where everyone is contributing and benefiting is the "only" winning strategy for the USA and the western world. Canada, stand up for this reality and allow Huawei to compete for the 5G market. Perhaps that will be the wakeup call that the USA so desperately needs.
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