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Shifting borders for business

As Uber prepares to take electric taxis into the skies, the traditional book trade fights off Amazon and Big Tech reshapes competition, companies have to be nimbler and more adaptable than ever. Here’s the best of this week’s opinion and analysis.

Donald Trump’s Huawei ban could backfire badly
Chinese telecom groups have been challenged to take on Google’s dominance
Retail: how bookshops survived the Amazon onslaught
Despite being hit hard by the rise of ecommerce, the book trade believes it has found ways to thrive
Flying taxis will bring traffic jams to the sky
Electric aircraft have better uses than carrying small groups of passengers across cities
The case for not regulating Big Tech
Competition, not intervention, is often the best way to tackle potential monopolies
Facebook’s ‘stablecoin’ Libra raises questions for regulators
A debate has erupted in central bank circles about how to respond
Foxconn: why the world’s tech factory faces its biggest tests
As he bids to lead Taiwan, Terry Gou must respond to challenges such as the US-China trade war and a shift to niche products
Plans for a worker-led economy straddle America’s political divides
Industrial policy has long been a dirty word in the US, but it was not always so
Saudi business feels ‘pain’ of the crown prince’s reforms
Mohammed bin Salman’s plan was predicated on co-opting the private sector, but the project has made life difficult