For the past four years, Washington and Beijing have been locked in an epic battle over 5G dominance. How this saga will play out under President Biden is unclear.
In their first call, Biden and China’s Xi Jinping addressed human rights issues and Taiwan, but the leaders reportedly did not take up 5G directly. Though the administration has indicated it would be looking at adding "new targeted restrictions" on sensitive technology exports to China, its reticence to tackle 5G matters means the fate of the previous administration’s ban on Huawei, and its position on China’s role in global technology supply-chains more broadly, remains uncertain.
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