The close connection to the Chinese government is what has shut Huawei out of so many markets.

Dipayan Ghosh

I think there is some era of retaliation here, where,' Hey, if you're going to do this to our companies — shut us out or force us to localize — then we're going to do it to you as well,'.

In the end, Trump is the X-factor, whatever he wishes will happen, no matter the merits of the related set of policies underlying the proposal.

It is becoming harder to be a truly global tech platform.

The divide between east and west on matters of internet governance — and more broadly, freedom of expression and open access to information — is stark.

The world is trying to move in the direction of democracy and openness, and a few countries are moving the other way — closing down pathways for exchange and suppressing threats to incumbent governmental power.