Trade war stands to help Samsung and hurt Foxconn in 2019

Analysts' must-watch Asian companies include Singtel and Taiwan's Eclat Textile

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Despite growing concern about effects of the trade war, companies expected to earn from 5G and other new technologies are drawing strong attention. © Reuters

SHIN WATANABE and TAKENORI MIYAMOTO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Samsung Electronics and companies that have shifted production to Southeast Asia will likely emerge as beneficiaries of the Sino-American trade war in 2019, market players told Nikkei in a survey.

The tensions that escalated in 2018 are likely to continue reverberating, they said. Many cited non-Chinese telecommunications players as companies to watch.

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