It is far too early in a new US presidency to judge what toll US actions against Huawei will end up exacting, mediated by the Covid-19 global pandemic. There is no doubt though that the mood music emanating from the company sounds sweeter than it did at the height of the tensions and associated rhetorical exchanges, when Huawei itself warned of an existential threat to the company. The tone has changed from being defiant in the face of chilling adversity and intent on the part of a foreign power to destroy the company, to one of relief that the threat may not have been as great as anticipated, with growing ambivalence among many countries that had resented the political pressure…