China is too big to be isolated

A TPP for digital trade is the answer to the Huawei dilemma

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Pro- and anti-Huawei spheres are emerging with huge implications for the future of the global economy. © Reuters

YASU OTA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Soon after it was reported in September that NTT Docomo, Japan's largest mobile carrier, would not offer phones from Huawei Technologies for use on its 5G network, the Chinese corporation announced its new products would ship without Google applications.

These moves clearly point to the coming of a technologically divided world. The U.S. in May blacklisted Huawei due to national security concerns, imposing restrictions on sales of U.S. technologies, including Google's Android operation system, to the Chinese company.

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