Trump's trade war is causing China to consider merging 2 of its biggest mobile-phone carriers

Aly Song/Reuters China is considering merging China Telecom and China Unicom,two ofitsbiggest mobile-phone carriers, according to Bloomberg. A merger would leave the country's telecommunication industry with two megacarriers, CT/Unicom unit and China Mobile, allowing both to aggressively pursue 5G technology. This allocation is prompted by an escalating competition in 5G technology amid an escalating trade war between the US and China. An escalatingtrade war is prompting China to consider mergin...