IT WILL BE A PROBLEM IF ALIBABA LEAVES US TECHNOLOGY
About 80 percent ($ 73.5 billion) of Alibaba's annual revenue comes from e-commerce and retail sales in China. Therefore, it is not expected to be affected much by possible sanctions of the USA. Even the US sanctions against cloud technology will not be very important for Alibaba, which only gets 10 percent of its revenue from this field. However, there is still a serious danger!
If the US decision against WeChat goes into effect, the app will completely separate from US technology. This will deprive Tencent of the software and semiconductors it needs to keep WeChat running. Dan Wang, technology analyst at Beijing-based Gavekal Dragonomics, said: “If a similar decision is taken for Alibaba, it would be a huge blow. The company has huge cloud operations in China and keeps them running thanks to US-sourced semiconductor and software ”.