With the ZTE, Fujian Jinhua and other recent scandals, the US shot itself badly in the foot as it made every Chinese high tech company desperate to become independent of US made parts and components least they also have their operations crippled by American trade bans.
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Right now the western MSM is focused on the impact of the trade war on America’s farmers. They should be far more worried about the future prospects of American high tech companies in China.
In particular, Boeing should be rubbing their worry beads. I'm not even talking about the coming competition with the Chinese/Russian C929/C939 passenger planes. With Trump setting a very loud precedent that it is legal for a country to assault individual companies (like ZTE, Huawei, Fujian Jinhua), Boeing should be extremely worried that it will be a casualty.
Boeing May Have a Lot to Lose in a China-U.S. Trade War
Boeing predicts China will need more than 7,200 new aircraft worth over $1 trillion in the 20 years through 2036.