 For more videos on people's struggles, please subscribe to our YouTube channel. The Chinese tech giant Huawei is increasingly being pushed out of western markets. The most recent blow came last week when the United Kingdom banned the use of Huawei manufactured components from its 5G networks. This move against Huawei is a direct result of US pressure on its allies to not allow the Chinese company into their markets. For the US, Huawei isn't just another foreign tech company. Huawei represents the massive growth in China's hardware and technology sector. The US considers this to be a major threat to its global domination. The 5G network has become the bone of contention because this is one area China is clearly ahead of the rest. Both in terms of the technology itself, they have been the pioneers of this technology in terms of rolling out the network and rolling out the entire gamut of equipment which is necessary for the network from the phones to the network to all the other components which make it interface with other systems. So to better understand this conflict, let's look at a brief timeline of some of the major incidents in this standoff. For the longest time, US has been citing security concerns as a reason for not letting Huawei into US manufacturing. In 2008, for instance, Huawei had wanted to buy 16.5% of 3Com. 3Com is a US manufacturer of networking products which had a deal to supply networking security software to the US military. Huawei's investment was blocked by US authorities over concerns that Chinese spies could have the US military using Huawei's equipment. Then in 2012, the US Congressional House Intelligence Committee declared Huawei and another Chinese company, ZTE, to be a threat to national security. The company's report recommended that US telecom firms not do business with them. However, this report was never made public. Similar allegations of spying and national security concerns have been leveraged in multiple times in the subsequent years. But no evidence has ever been provided. If we jump ahead to 2018, in January, US telecom providers AT&T and Verizon cancelled plans to offer Huawei phones in the US because of the government's security concerns. Pentagon also banned sales of Huawei and ZTE products on US military bases in May. And in August, Australia barred Huawei from bidding for Australia's 5G network again citing national security concerns. It should be pointed out that Australia, along with the US, New Zealand, Canada and Britain are part of the 5I's intelligence sharing network. Three months later in November, New Zealand also excluded Huawei from participating in the 5G rollout because of national security concerns. The whole argument that is coming from the United States, that all of this is because Huawei has backdoor and Steels technology, is all bunkered. They've never provided an iota of proof. It's just sheer campaign. It's more the reflection of the American US war on China, which is not a hot war, but it's not in a cold war either. It is at the moment a tech war, a communication war, an information war. All of this are taking place and I think it's really a part of that campaign that we are hearing. Time and again, US has also blamed Huawei for doing business with Iran in breach of US sanctions. In December 2018, Meng Wanzu was arrested in Canada. She is Huawei's CFO and also the daughter of founder Renzi Fee. She was arrested as part of the charge of violating US sanctions. This arrest led to a dramatic escalation of hostilities. Meng continues to be under house arrest in Canada. So while the US has been making attempts to limit Huawei's rise in global markets, since a long time, we see that in the last couple of years, these efforts have been scaled up considerably under President Donald Trump. These escalations continued in 2019. In May, the Trump administration placed a complete ban on US firms doing business with Huawei. These sanctions on Huawei are a part of the trade and technological war that the US is waging against China. While Huawei has been preparing for a day like this, it is not yet completely technologically independent. What is really going to hurt them, the critical area in which they could have a problem is that the armed processors are the ones which are used widely by all companies who use what are called embedded systems. Those where you embed the computer, quote unquote, the processor as a part of an equipment. Now, armed has literally taken over most of these applications worldwide. So this is the crucial question that faces Huawei, that how far behind are they going to be if they have to develop their own processes. This move will also adversely impact the US companies that sell their equipment to Huawei. Many of these are largely dependent on Huawei's business. Now, with UK falling in line with the US, the five eyes intelligence sharing alliance has solidified against Huawei, opening up the market for other companies. This does not necessarily mean that all of EU and other nations will follow suit. Huawei at the moment is in the position to offer working for technology, which no one else can. This is something that is going to damage the both sides. Certainly Huawei is going to be damaged in terms of the market that it is going to get, but it doesn't come with no damage to the other side as well, because they are going to get behind a certain set of countries and certain set of companies in not having access to technology as quickly as they would have if Huawei, the tested, tried and the clear front leader in the technology was available to service its needs.