The defence lawyer for Huawei’s CFO grilled a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer for evidence to throw out the request for Meng Wanzhou’s extradition to the United States. Mona Duckett, the defence lawyer for Meng, cross-examined CBSA officer Sanjit Dhillon during the Nov. 17 evidentiary hearing at the B.C. Supreme Court. Duckett said Canadian […]

OTTAWA—Canada is signaling it might not compensate major telecommunications providers if the federal government bans equipment made by China’s Huawei from 5G networks, setting up a potential fight over a bill that could hit $1 billion (US$758 million). Canada, under pressure from the United States to ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. gear on security grounds, […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain will develop plans to phase out telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co.’s involvement in Britain’s 5G network in the wake of the CCP virus crisis, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Johnson has asked officials to make plans to reduce the Chinese company’s involvement in British infrastructure to zero by […]

A decision on a key legal aspect of the trial over whether Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou can be extradited to the United States from Canada will be announced May 27, the British Columbia Supreme Court said on Thursday. Meng was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport at the request of […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Feb. 7 declined to endorse a suggestion from U.S. Attorney General William Barr that the United States consider taking control of two major foreign rivals of China-based Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Barr, a former general counsel at Verizon Communications Inc., said on Thursday the United States and its allies […]

VANCOUVER—Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will respond on Jan. 23 to the Canadian prosecutor’s arguments calling for Meng to be extradited to the United States on bank fraud charges. Thursday’s proceedings will wrap up the first phase of the extradition process and legal experts have said it could be years before a […]

VANCOUVER—Canadian prosecutors are expected to defend on Jan. 22 their case to extradite Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States saying Meng was arrested on charges of bank fraud, which is a crime in both countries, and not because of U.S. sanctions against Iran as argued by the defense. Meng’s legal team […]

WASHINGTON—Nine senators, including seven Republicans, one Democrat, and Maine independent Sen. Angus King, aren’t satisfied that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) understands and is adequately prepared to respond aggressively to the threat represented by Huawei to U.S. energy infrastructure. “We write today to get assurances from you that [FERC] fully appreciates the threat posed […]

The Trump Administration on Nov. 20 gave Huawei its second reprieve this week, allowing some suppliers to the Chinese telecoms giant to restart sales to it after it was placed on a trade blacklist over national security concerns six months ago. The Commerce Department said it has begun issuing licenses for some companies to sell […]

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Sept. 4 the United States does not want to discuss the U.S. blacklisting of Huawei Technologies with China as the two biggest world economies try to end escalating trade tensions. “It’s a national security concern,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Huawei is a big concern of our military, […]

U.S. prosecutors are investigating new instances of alleged technology theft by Chinese telecommunication equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co., the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 29, citing people familiar with the matter. Huawei is accused of stealing intellectual property from individuals and companies over several years, and recruiting employees from its rivals, the report added. […]

The U.S. agency responsible for government contracts on Wednesday released an interim rule for a ban on federal purchases of telecommunications equipment from five Chinese companies, including Huawei. The ban is part of a broad U.S. push against Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s largest telecommunications network gear maker, which Washington accuses of espionage and […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government said on July 3 it was reviewing license requests from U.S. companies seeking to export products to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd “under the highest national security scrutiny” since the company is still blacklisted. In an email to Reuters, the Commerce Department said that as it reviewed applications, it was applying the […]

WASHINGTON—A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department’s enforcement staff this week that China’s Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to ease a ban on sales to the firm. Trump surprised markets on June 29 by promising Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 […]

FedEx Corp has apologized for returning a package which the sender said contained a Huawei smartphone, blaming an “operational error” as it works to comply with U.S. restrictions on business with China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. The error came less than a month after FedEx apologized for misdirecting packages sent between offices of Huawei. The […]

President Donald Trump on May 15 signed an executive order declaring a national emergency and barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing business with China‘s Huawei Technologies Co. The order, which does not name any company, declared a national emergency […]

WASHINGTON/LONDON—The United States will push its allies at a meeting in Prague next month to adopt shared security and policy measures that will make it more difficult for China’s Huawei to dominate 5G telecommunications networks, according to people familiar with the matter and documents seen by Reuters. The event and broader U.S. campaign to limit […]

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider a resolution on Wednesday to commend the Canadian government for upholding the rule of law and to express concern over the Chinese regime’s response over the extradition proceedings of a prominent Huawei Technologies executive. Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on Dec. 1, […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. officials have warned their Brazilian counterparts of their security concerns about Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co during talks in Washington, a senior American official said on March 18. The United States has said Huawei technology in next-generation 5G networks could be used to spy on the West. China has rejected the accusations. […]

NEW YORK—Huawei Technologies Co. and Huawei Device USA pleaded not guilty on March 14 to federal charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, and violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran. Huawei and its affiliate were arraigned in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York. The next hearing date was scheduled for April 4. In a 13-count indictment unsealed in […]

WASHINGTON— The United States has told Germany that it will share less intelligence with its security agencies if the country’s wireless network uses China’s Huawei Technologies Co to upgrade to 5G, the Wall Street Journal reported on March 11 in the first explicit U.S. warning to Germany of consequences for declining to shun Huawei. The […]

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. on March 7 confirmed it is suing the U.S. government over a section of a defense bill passed into law last year that restricts its access to the United States. Huawei says it has filed a complaint in a federal court in Texas challenging the constitutionality of Section […]

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and two affiliates will be arraigned on March 14 in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, on accusations the company committed bank and wire fraud and violated sanctions against Iran, according to a court filing on Friday. In a 13-count indictment unsealed in January, the Justice Department said Huawei misled […]

Huawei Device Co Ltd and Huawei Device USA Inc pleaded not guilty to U.S. fraud, trade secrets conspiracy and other charges, and a trial date was set for March 2020, the Justice Department said on Feb. 28. The units of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd were arraigned in U.S. District Court in Seattle, and Chief […]

BRUSSELS—The United States sees the European Union as its top priority in a global effort to convince allies not to buy Huawei equipment for next-generation mobile networks, a U.S. State Department Official said on Feb. 5. After meetings with the European Commission and the Belgian government in Brussels, U.S. officials are set to take a […]

SYDNEY—A former Australian lawmaker retired from the board of the local arm of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Feb. 1, potentially weakening the firm’s efforts to withstand government moves to restrict its market access on security grounds. John Brumby, a former premier of the state of Victoria, will leave the world’s biggest maker or […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Jan. 29 he expected to see significant progress in trade talks with Chinese officials this week and that U.S. charges against telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd were a separate issue. “Those are separate issues, and that’s a separate dialogue,” Mnuchin said in an interview with Fox Business […]

Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a former Polish security official on spying allegations, officials and sources told Reuters on Jan. 11, a move that could fuel Western security concerns about the telecoms equipment maker. However, a spokesman for the Polish security services told Reuters the allegations related to individual actions, and […]

WARSAW/LONDON—Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a former Polish security official on spying allegations, officials and sources told Reuters on Jan. 11, a move that could fuel Western security concerns about the telecoms equipment maker. However, a spokesman for the Polish security services told Reuters the allegations related to individual actions, and […]

WASHINGTON—The United States is considering issuing a new warning to U.S. citizens, including business executives, traveling to China after Canada arrested a senior Huawei Technologies Co Ltd executive at Washington’s request, two sources said on Dec. 11. Such an advisory from the State Department would warn U.S. nationals of the risk that China could retaliate […]