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Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Says It is Working To Enter the US Market Next Year (reuters.com)
China's Xiaomi is pressing ahead with plans to enter the United States next year, saying its U.S. connections should help the consumer-focused smartphone maker skirt the political resistance met by some of its compatriot rivals. From a report: Senior Vice President Wang Xiang told Reuters on Tuesday that the U.S. market was "very attractive" and that the firm was adding engineering resources to develop versions of its handsets that are compatible with U.S. cellphone networks. "Next year we hope we can do something there," Wang said, adding talks with U.S. carriers are yet to produce concrete agreements.
There is no way this company or any other company with Chinese ties will be entering the US market any time soon. Unless China finds a way to appease the US government over the rampant IP theft and the ownership conditions placed on US companies operating in the China market. Congress already put a stop to Trump giving ZTE a chance to re-enter the US market and in their zeal to manacle Trump they have made it politically impossible to be seen accommodating anything Chinese related. Congress has also made it impossible for the US to entertain better relations with Russia. Although Russia is a non-player on the global stage when compared to the US, China, India, Japan, or even Israel. The state of California has a higher GDP than Russia.