> Chipmakers such as Macronix, Micron and SK Hynix have recently joined Qualcomm, Samsung, and the SMIC in seeking approval from the U.S. to sell electronic components to Huawei.<p>> Before the chip ban, Huawei overtook Samsung to become the world's No. 1 smartphone seller with over 200 million units in 2019.<p>Imagine a world where one Chinese partially state-owned publicly-traded corporation -- SMIC -- is asking permission of a foreign government to do business with another Chinese corporation -- Huawei. Talk about sovereignty!<p>Compare with one division of Samsung seeking permission (from the same foreign government) to restore the ability to topple another internal division of Samsung.<p>What a time to be alive!
Basically, the US has become better than China at being China....<p>1. Use debt over equity for investment.<p>2. Use sanctions and export restrictions to prop up US companies.
> the vital printed circuit boards.<p>I think it is unlikely that printed circuit boards made in the US make it into any mass produced Huawei product.<p>PCB manufacturing is not that high tech, and all major manufacturing runs of PCB's are done in China.<p>The fact the author of this article didn't know that severely reduces the entire articles credibility in my mind.