Stefan Mileschin

Middle Kingdom retaliation

Sweden's Ericsson said it will reduce its operations in China after suffering a big sales drop in one of its biggest markets due to retaliation for Sweden's ban on Huawei from selling 5G gear in the country.

It was bad news for the son of Eric after it reported better than expected third-quarter core earnings boosted by strong sales of 5G equipment in most of the world, offsetting a loss of market share in mainland China and a hit from the global supply chain problems.

For those who came in late, Sweden banned China's Huawei from selling 5G gear in the country a year ago because the US leant on the government with bogus security allegations. The Swedes apparently forgot that Ericsson would rather have liked a slice of the Chinese market, which it certainly was not going to get if it followed the US orders.

Sure enough the proportion of revenue Ericsson earns from China has dropped to around three percent of the total from 10-11 percent.

Chief Financial Officer Carl Mellander said in an interview it is offsetting gains made as Ericsson filled the void left by Huawei in several countries as it retreated under pressure from the US government.
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