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Jul 2024
33m 23s

How Huawei Is Beating U.S. Sanctions

THE SOCIALIST PROGRAM
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On today's episode Nicole Roussell and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Chinese technology company Huawei has grown so successful despite U.S. sanctions, and what it says about the state of the world economy.

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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