Huawei Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Over Equipment, Services Ban

Citing Section 889 of the 2019 National Defence Authority Act, Guo explains the U.S.is banning the company, which would harm both Huawei and customers in the U.S. Guo said the ban would limit competition, slowing the rollout of fifth-generation communications and raising consumer prices.

It is "absolutely appropriate and reasonable" for companies to take legal actions to protect their legitimate rights, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Tuesday when asked for comments on Huawei suing the USA authorities.

Huawei also pointed out the hypocrisy of a US government that was found, thanks to Edward Snowden's leaks, to have illegally hacked Huawei's network to steal information.

While Huawei had very little market share in the USA telecoms market before the bill, it viewed Section 889 as a stumbling block to addressing broader problems with Washington as its existence prevented any steps towards reconciliation.

"Section 889 is based on numerous false, unproven and untested propositions", Song Liuping, Huawei's chief legal officer, said in a statement. Canada and the United Kingdom, both of which host facilities that test Huawei equipment for security flaws, are reviewing the use of Huawei in 5G networks. Huawei denies any wrongdoing.

Huawei has announced plans to sue the United States government as the bitter enmity between the two reaches a new peak.

Guo even countered that the US government "has hacked our servers and stolen our emails and source code", without providing details.

"Huawei is willing to address the US government's security concerns", Guo said.

Close to 10 senior Reuters journalists have been approached recently by Huawei recruiters for public relations director roles, with some offered annual pay packages of $200,000. He did not verify salaries, which were advertised by headhunters.

The year ended with the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer (CFO) in Canada at the request of the United States and to the consternation of China.

Washington wants to put Meng on trial on fraud charges for allegedly violating Iran sanctions and lying about it to U.S. banks, and the case has become a major headache for Ottawa.

Huawei Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Over Equipment, Services Ban

On March 1, Meng also launched a lawsuit against the Canadian government, its border agency, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police over her detention at the airport, alleging violation of her constitutional rights.

Meng faces a May 8 hearing in Vancouver, where she was arrested while changing planes.

Imports of canola, a Canadian oilseed crop, will now undergo more thorough inspections in China, the country's customs agency said Thursday, amid what appears to be a retaliatory move amid a diplomatic row over the arrest of a Chinese executive.

Legal experts and Canadian officials have previously said the comments could allow Meng's lawyers to contend her prosecution is politically motivated, an argument that would resonate in Canada where judges are particularly wary of abuse of the court system.

Ren met worldwide media for the first time in several years in mid-January, calling US President Donald Trump "great" and refraining from commenting directly on Meng's case.

The Chinese embassy statement has said that due to "obvious political interference", Canada should refuse the USA extradition request and release Meng.

"With China kind of saying - because they're mad about the Huawei thing - they're basically saying like, "Oh, we're not going to buy any more", Townsend said.

Huawei has repeatedly tried to dismiss this issue, and did so again last month when Guo said, "We don't do bad things".

"If we were forced to remove Huawei from the network, we would need to go to the 32 percent of base stations that are now using Huawei for radio and replace all of those with somebody else's technology and then deploy 5G on top of that", Petty told reporters. It launched facts.huawei.com and invited media to tour its Shenzhen headquarters.

"We're firmly of the view that there was no substantiation of those allegations", he said in a phone interview.