Huawei Bypassing US Sanctions by Collaborating With Chinese Smartphone Partners

Huawei Bypassing US Sanctions by Collaborating With Chinese Smartphone Partners
People arrive to attend the Huawei keynote address at a trade fair opening day in Berlin on Sept. 3, 2020. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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Chinese telecom firm Huawei has turned to partnerships with Chinese companies to bypass U.S. sanctions that have crippled Huawei’s smartphone business. 
Once briefly the top smartphone maker in the world, Huawei has been in survival mode since Washington slapped sanctions on the company more than two years ago. The Trump administration said the firm posed a national security threat due to its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. 
Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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