Huawei’s latest, and potentially boldest, move in its complex chess game with the USA is to offer to license its 5G technologies to a western partner. That putative buyer would make a one-off payment to gain continuous access to the Chinese giant’s current portfolio of 5G intellectual property, including patents, blueprints, code and production knowhow, CEO Ren Zhengfei told The Economist magazine. After the deal, both Huawei and the buyer would then be free to change the sourcecode and further develop the technology independently of one another. The strategy would enable a new competitor in the west, which could reduce Huawei’s own sales, but would have various advantages. One, it would allay government and operator concerns about Huawei’s – and…