Huawei has been largely driven out of the Western smartphone market by strict US sanctions, but the Chinese technology giant is not giving up. Several months ago, the company launched a 5G smartphone onto the market for the first time since the start of the sanctions, which is now causing a headache for the USA.
Always has been.
Lots more examples in financial industry, literally supported by the war machine (and covert machine, and lobbies, exploiting political influence, etc). And ofc oil & some other commodities, farming, car production, etc.
It’s just that till now tech only needed help (to achieve more profits) in sense of deregulation and outsourcing labor to developing countries … which you know, developed.