United States vs. Huawei: Microsoft pleads for Windows

Brad Smith goes up to the front. In an interview with the BBC, the president of Microsoft called on the United States to moderate the diplomatic-commercial war with China to continue to provide its Windows operating system for Huawei's computers.

"Some problems may require approaches around 5G, but one has to wonder if this is the right approach for all the equipment a particular company could produce. Said Brad Smith to emphasize that he refuted the idea "that the security of a country (ed .: the United States) is compromised by the fact that people can use our research service or productivity applications, like Outlook or Word. "

The president of Microsoft says that many companies have applied for permission from the US Department of Commerce to continue their business relationship with Huawei. However, a Reuters report, released late August, said that none of the 130 requests had received a favorable response.

"We do not have as big a business in China as some of the other companies in the industry only 1.8% of Microsoft's revenue is generated in China. At the same time, we are worried about the impact, "he said, mentioning the risk of not being able to make his teams of researchers composed of Chinese and other nationalities work together.

Huawei is already facing this restrictive policy. The Shenzen Group has just launched its new range of Mate smartphones – 30 and 30 Pro – without the services of Google and access to its platform of applications.

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