Trump Signs Order to Protect US Telecom Networks, Paving Way for Huawei Ban

Trump Signs Order to Protect US Telecom Networks, Paving Way for Huawei Ban
Workers prepare the venue for a Huawei summit in Shenzhen, China, on April 16, 2019. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images
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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 to protect U.S. computer networks from “foreign adversaries.”