A little over a month ago it was announced that The United States blocked Huawei. The american government accused the well-known Chinese manufacturer of espionage and of being a threat to national security. Due to this block, the brand was prevented from using components or services from American companies. Which meant, among other issues, that the brand could not use Android on its phones.
Since this announcement, there has been all kinds of news about what would happen. Although the possibility of a agreement between the United States and China it has been kept alive at all times. It is something that has gained strength due to the G20 being held this weekend in Japan. Finally, the veto on Huawei has been lifted.
China and the United States have met at the event in Japan. Some conversations with which seek to resume negotiations for a trade agreement, which has been in development for months but has not yet arrived. As a consequence, it has been announced that the new tariffs that took effect on July 2 are canceled. In addition, this veto to Huawei is also lifted. A news that has many consequences.
For the well-known Chinese manufacturer it is a huge relief. This news means that they can return to work, collaborate or negotiate with American companies. Which means that their phones can continue to use Android as the operating system at all times, in addition to receiving operating system updates. They can continue to use applications such as WhatsApp or Facebook on their devices. In addition to continuing to use American components, such as its processors or other parts.
This is a positive for Huawei. Due to this blockade the Chinese brand he was in serious trouble with production of some of their phones, like the Mate X, your flip phone. Since although they had been storing many components, this was not something sustainable in the medium or long term. So now they will be able to resume production as normal, right after it was announced a couple of weeks ago that phone production was going to be reduced. Something that they decided due to their drop in sales.
Sales of brand phones they have fallen about 40% in this past month. Many markets have put aside the phones of the brand, not knowing what was going to happen in the future. Although the company has maintained confidence in this regard at all times. In fact, in some countries they organized an action in which the money was returned if Google Play or Facebook did not work on the phones. So from Huawei they have been very confident in this regard.
This veto is maintained until August 19. It was the date on which the current truce with Huawei came to an end. So the company will be able to use components normally again from this date. Although currently they can negotiate again with total normality. So surely this month will be to resume their relationships with many companies, with which they were forced to stop doing business this past month. Although this date and the fact that the veto is maintained is more symbolic than real. Since from now on everything returns to normal.
On the other hand, it raises a couple of doubts. One of them refers to the operating system that the Chinese brand has been developing. Huawei was working on its operating system, which could be called HongMeng OS. It was expected this fall to be used on their phones and they were even already testing it on their phones. The end of the veto would mean that this system will not reach the market.
Although for now nothing has been confirmed about what will happen with this operating system. Nothing has been mentioned about it, in fact, Huawei has hardly responded to the end of this veto. But it will be necessary to see these weeks as the company begins to plan its return to the market and to normality. For now, the first step has been taken, and this veto is coming to an end.