The head and founder of smartphone and technology giant Huawei, Zhen Chengfei, said yesterday that the company will survive the sanctions imposed on it by former US President Donald Trump and that he is looking forward to a renewed relationship with new President Joe Biden.
Joe Biden took office last month, and Huawei now expects the new president to improve relations between the US and China as well as between US and Chinese companies. Zhen Chengfei said Huawei remains committed to buying components from American firms and that restoring his company's access to American goods is mutually beneficial. In addition, he suggested that the sanctions against Huawei hurt US suppliers.
At the same time, the boss of the technology giant denied informace, that Huawei is leaving the smartphone market. "We have decided that there is no way we are going to sell our consumer devices, our smartphone business," he said.
Let us recall that the administration of Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Huawei in May 2019, due to an alleged threat to national security. The White House has tightened the sanctions several times since then, and the last ones were imposed on the company at the end of last year sell the Honor division.
As you know from our previous news, Huawei is going to introduce its second foldable phone on February 22 Mate x2 and should launch a new flagship range in March P50.
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