Ren said that the U.S. ban will not impact company plans with rivals "at least two to three years behind." That’s because the Chinese company continues to rely on Android to power its smartphones globally, and relies on Google’s most popular apps to win mobile phone shoppers." China operates a restricted smartphone market, it is hard to see that catching on, certainly not in time to protect market share. "Washington’s decision to force U.S. companies to stop doing business with tech giant Huawei creates losers on both sides." "It is only natural for China to take all necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies."

Source: Forbes May 21, 2019 10:45 UTC