Huawei asks US court to overturn FCC ban as national security threat
Chinese conglomerate Huawei has reached a
court in the US, demanding it to overturn the Federal Communications
Commissions (FCC) decision to designate the company as a national security
threat.
In 2019, the FCC voted to prevent US companies from doing business
with Huawei and
ZTE on national security concerns.
The FCC finalised the ban in December 2020, supported by former
President Donald Trump.
"The order on review potentially impacts the financial
interests of the telecommunications industry as a whole," Huawei said in its
court filing, reports The Verge.
An FCC spokesperson said: "Last year, the FCC issued a final
designation identifying Huawei as a national security threat based on a
substantial body of evidence developed by the FCC and numerous US national
security agencies. We will continue to defend that decision".
Trump's Huawei ban was part
of a bigger trade war with China, followed by attempts to ban mobile apps TikTok
and WeChat.
President Joe Biden has not renewed the war on TikTok, but his
administration has indicated that it will continue to crack down on Huawei.
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