Micron’s shipments to Huawei show that in the globalised world, American technology products are not necessarily American (South China Morning Post/Bloomberg, 3 min read). US tech companies like Micron and Intel have found that a number of their products could be classified as non-American and so have resumed selling to Huawei despite Trump’s ban on the company. This shows how globalised companies have become and how interconnected the US and China currently are. It also shows that like most regulation, companies will find loopholes to circumvent restrictions. This suggests that a full US tech blockade on China is highly unlikely.
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