Huawei floats buying chips from Samsung to fight US crackdown

Chinese tech giant faces sharply slowing sales amid coronavirus

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Huawei has explored alternative suppliers in response to U.S. pressure on its high-tech supply chain. © Reuters

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies, the world's biggest telecom gear provider, has insisted it could buy chips from Samsung Electronics and other companies if the U.S. government tightens export controls as part of a further crackdown on the Chinese group.

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