Trying to prevent Huawei from being the number #1 telecom supplier in the 5G networks worldwide, is the kind of action that the article hopes to accomplish. The results have been rather merge for US leadership in 5G, because they are not.
The sneaky underhanded methods can only take one so far in the business world.
It may work in war, but not in business and economics.
People must trust each other to make a deal.
Also, in the case of China, being the number #1 trading nation in the world, sabotaging China's trade is sabotaging a third country at the same time.
A simple example is the Russians selling oil to China. If the Russian are prevented from selling oil to China, then what? What will the Russians do? They probably want to go back to selling oil to China.
It is this same chart.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-u-s-worlds-trading-partner/
Sabotage cannot reverse this.
Economic growth and trade growth are real strengths for China.
