The United States wants to explain the connection between customer generation and national security threats.
Chinese Techile is not easy in the US market.
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A messy, ongoing tech breakup between the US and China is forcing a rethink about what the industry might look like for consumers in a decoupled world. On Monday, the Pentagon blacklisted internet and gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. for alleged links to the People’s Liberation Army. On Friday, TikTok will make its final arguments to the US Supreme Court as it faces an unprecedented ban due to national security concerns.
The news greeted attendees this week at one of the industry’s biggest extravaganzas in Las Vegas, where corporations gather to showcase their dreams of a long tech career filled with laundry folding robots, flying cars and other idealistic visions. Tensions as more than 1,200 Chinese corporations on the CES screen vie to enter the U. S. market, the largest foreign representation and more than a quarter of the 4,500 exhibitors.