Huawei founder says company can survive further U.S. attacks at Davos panel
By Reuters
23 January 2020 |
2:04 pm
Huawei founder and CEO Huawei Ren Zhengfei told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that the company can survive "attacks" from the U.S.
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