Technology competition has become an important factor in the ongoing confrontation and trade dispute between the US and China. That means a...
Technology competition has become an important factor in the ongoing confrontation and trade dispute between the US and China. That means a lot for global IT supply chains located in Asia and the US.
If ongoing tensions between Beijing and Washington force companies to develop two different "sets" of technology - one for China and the other "on the same side" with them, and one for the rest. of the world - that would be bad news for everyone, according to a senior manager at a multinational technology company.
"First, technology development will become more expensive," said Mahendra Negi, Trend Micro's chief financial officer, speaking to CNBC's Street Signs program on Tuesday. His company now specializes in network security software development, helping to protect companies 'data from hackers' attacks.
"Second, local regulations can promote development in different parts, so you will have compatibility issues. For example, users may be forced to have more electricity. Different smartphones - one operating in China and another operating outside the country, "he analyzed.
According to analysts, technology competition has become an important factor in the ongoing confrontation and trade dispute between the US and China, with many implications for global IT supply chains being located in Asia and America. Many people have warned that disagreements can now speed up a "splinternet" - a future in which global digital networks are fragmented, or at least ... split.
Recently, the US listed China's technology giant "Huawei," the leading company in the next generation of high-speed mobile internet, into a "black list", making it difficult for them to do business with. more American companies.
Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNBC that Huawei shook hands with the Chinese government - although the company denies - and Washington tried to convince its allies to stop cooperating with telecom giants. This information is for national security reasons. For its part, Beijing has strongly opposed Mr. Pompeo's remark. Huawei has repeatedly denied they were "influenced" by the Chinese government or intelligence agencies.
"We hope that things will revolve around trade negotiations and do not really take place in the direction of bringing barriers, making the data flow or flow of products very difficult," Negi said.
Although Trend Micro did not ship material products - so they were not immediately affected by the US-China tariff that was being imposed on each other - but Negi pointed out that his company will eventually feel Get the impact of the tariff war between the two largest economies in the world.
"Finally, our customers, if they are affected, sooner or later we will be affected," he said, adding that if the entire economy slowed down, then the first investment will decrease, and of course that will have an impact on your company.
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