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This Is Why President Trump's Move Against Huawei Is Such A Big Deal

This Is Why President Trump's Move Against Huawei Is Such A Big Deal

Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics.

Earlier this month, President Trump escalated the trade tensions against China by limiting exports of U.S. technology to Huawei. But what is Huawei, and why is this such a big deal? On this week's episode, we speak to Dan Wang, a technology analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics, about the importance of Huawei to the Chinese tech industry, the specifics of what Trump just did, and the far-reaching fallout that we could see from this new phase of the trade war.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Laura Carlson at lcarlson21@bloomberg.net

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