Big-time Lost Sales

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According to the Washington Post, U.S. blacklisting of the Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, will reduce the company’s sales by $30 billion over the next two years.

Questions

  1. By what percentage are Huawei’s cellphone sales outside China expected to drop due to the U.S. ban?
  2. Why did the Trump administration bar the selling of U.S. technology to Huawei?
  3. What action did the Federal Communications Commission  (FCC) take last year against Huawei?
  4. What effect does this have on Android phones?

Source:

Whalen, J. (2019). Huawei says U.S. ban will cost it $30 billion in sales. The Washington Post, June 17 (Retrievable online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/06/17/huawei-says-us-ban-will-cost-it-billion-sales/?utm_term=.ca190b7032c0)