China won the Huawei battle last week, but is still losing the coronavirus war. Photographer: Qilai ... [+] Shen/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LPIt would have been a really good week for China if not for the ever-expanding coronavirus. The Lancet, January 31, 2020The article was written before the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global public health emergency on Thursday. Those boundaries will increasingly be shut, especially if the outbreak surpasses the 1,500 or so new cases we have been seeing daily. With Huawei more free of Washington’s non-tariff barriers, the Trump team risks losing a key piece in the China trade war chess game.

Source: Forbes February 02, 2020 13:00 UTC