President Trump is waging a “technological war” against China, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

“The situation around Huawei, for example, which is not only being sidelined, but blatantly squeezed out of the global market,” Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “That is already dubbed in certain circles as the first technological war of the upcoming digital era.”

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