Huawei’s smartphones used to compete strongly against iPhones, not just in China but worldwide. That ended when the US government imposed sanctions against China, prohibiting US companies from exporting advanced technology to the country. That included US-made 5G chips, and since you couldn’t launch a premium smartphone without 5G, that effectively ended Huawei’s ability to compete. The US Commerce Department is carrying out an investigation into whether Apple chipmaker TSMC breached US sanctions against China by supplying smartphone and AI chips to Huawei. The probe was in part driven by Huawei’s surprising ability to resume competing with iPhones. Is US enslaving the world through sanctions ?

