China Supports Huawei In The Legal Battle Against The U.S.

In the heated legal battle between Huawei and the U.S. government, on March 7^th, the Chinese phone maker decided to file a lawsuit to fight back. The foreign minister of China has openly supported this action of Huawei.

At a conference organized on March 8, foreign minister Wang Yi said that the action of the U.S. government against Huawei and the company’s CFO Meng Wanzhou was considered equivalent to “deliberate political suppression.”

He was seen raising his fist aggressively while continuing his speech:

The remarks come amid the company’s continuous effort in proving that it does not work for the Chinese government.

The firm argues that a ban from the U.S. government on its equipment is a violation of the constitution. Last August, president of the U.S., Donald Trump signed a bill that bans Huawei and ZTE technology from being used by the U.S. governments as well as contractors.

The Chinese phone maker also blamed the U.S. on ruining its reputation after it is being accused by government officials of potentially allowing China to spy on other countries through its equipment.

Huawei said that these claims did not have any proof to support them. The company has many times said that no backdoors have ever been built into its kit.

Earlier in March, Robert Strayer, U.S. top cyber official said spoke at the MWC 2019 in Spain about how “duplicitous” and “deceitful” of Huawei. He said:

Meng, Huawei’s CFO, is currently held in Canada and expected to be extradited to the US with charges of trade sanctions against Iran violation.

Wang said:

Huawei said the company did not discuss with the Chinese government before suing the U.S. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, a company's spokesperson said: