Huawei definitely will not repeat ZTE's fate this time

On the heels of the United States government announcement it will ban unauthorized exports of US technology to Huawei, by Monday, a number of major US tech giants, including Google, had reportedly stopped supplies.

Amid the escalating tit-for-tat trade blows between the world's two largest economies, the US putting Huawei, the face of Chinese hi-tech progress, on its Entity List is no doubt a calculated blow to hit China and Huawei where it hurts. "America will probably use its ability to withhold components from Huawei as a bargaining chip in a future trade deal with China," The Economist reckons.

Very likely so. Only things may not go the way Washington decision-makers have in mind.