Wary Smartphone Buyers Help Trump Turn the Screws on Huawei
- Vendor appears to be losing ground with European consumers
- Huawei has been threatening Samsung for global dominance
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The Trump administration may have found the most potent weapon yet in its campaign against Huawei Technologies Co.: the European consumer.
The U.S. spent months lobbying allies to block Huawei from 5G phone networks, with limited success. It’s been less than three weeks since President Donald Trump restricted the Chinese tech giant’s access to Google’s Android operating system and already, Huawei’s smartphone business appears to be losing ground in Europe, a critical growth market.