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Microsoft president: Global market's trust key in China-U.S. tech race

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Microsoft President Brad Smith says the decisive factor in the U.S.-China technology competition lies not in domestic innovation but in global adoption. Highlighting the power of network effects and the significance of markets beyond the two superpowers, Smith notes that "78 percent of the people of the world lives somewhere else." Citing the example of Huawei and 5G, he warns that the first mover in global tech standards "will be difficult to supplant."

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