CES 2019: Chinese firms and US government fail to attend tech conference in Las Vegas

Trade tensions between the US and China and the ongoing government shutdown have led to some key attendees missing out on the world's biggest technology trade show. CES 2019, taking place this week in Las Vegas, has served as a showcase for China's burgeoning tech industry in recent years, with 2018's keynote delivered by one of Huawei's top executives. Richard Yu, CEO of the Chinese firm's consumer business group, originally planned to show off the Huawei Mate 10 Pro smartphone but took the opportunity to criticise US carrier AT&T's sudden decision to pull out of a deal to sell the phone. The decision had apparently come as a result of espionage concerns raised by the US government, which linked Huawei to Chinese government surveillance. "We win the trust of the Chinese carriers, we win the trust of the emerging markets... and also we win the trust of the gloabl carriers, all the European and Japanese carriers," Mr Yu said.