Panela de Barro

Quando os EUA eram a panela de ferro das tecnologias de informação impingiam o livre mercado e o desarmamento alfandegário com grande apoio de académicos e outros pacóvios
 Agora que são panela de barro inventam a espionagem para protegerem as suas empresas ...ao declararem guerra à Huawei !

Plano B

Huawei’s chipmaking arm said it had turned its “Plan Bs into Plan As overnight” a day after the Trump administration raised the prospect of a US ban on export of parts and components to the Chinese telecoms group.

The Shenzhen-based company is already largely shut out of selling into the US market and has been ramping up its self-sufficiency — along with other Chinese tech groups — since Washington imposed a similar export ban on smaller rival ZTE last year.

That in turn has stoked what some critics describe as the unintended consequence of Washington’s actions: pushing Chinese tech companies to accelerate their own capacity rather than tamping them down.

In an internal memo to employees seen by the Financial Times, He Tingbo, chief executive of HiSilicon, Huawei’s wholly owned semiconductor subsidiary, wrote: “All the spare tyres we have built have turned to Plan A overnight.”

Ms He added: “Today, the circle of destiny turns to this extreme and dark moment, the Superpower has mercilessly interrupted the technical and industrial system of global co-operation, made the most insane decision, put Huawei into the Entity List with no founded basis.”

HiSilicon, which has 7000 employees, came into focus about four years ago when it began making chips for smartphones. Last year, the unit produced more than $7.5bn worth of chips, rotating chairman Eric Xu told Reuters.

At the same time, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring the US telecoms sector faced a “national emergency” — giving the commerce department the power to “prohibit transactions posing an unacceptable risk” to national security.

US chipmaker Qualcomm, which earns around 5 per cent of its revenues from Huawei, saw its share price drop 4 per cent to close at $82.81 in New York on Thursday despite a broadly positive market. Shares in Broadcom, another supplier, fell 2.3 per cent to $297.29.

Huawei rotating chairman Ken Hu wrote in a memo sent to employees on Thursday thatthe company had expected difficulties with the US “many years ago” and had invested heavily in research and development as a precaution.

“[We] can ensure that in extreme cases the company’s operations will not be much affected,” Mr Hu said.