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Chinese tech giant Huawei has filed a motion in a US court challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecoms equipment, the latest action in an ongoing clash with Washington.
Huawei's chief legal officer Song Liuping said the firm had filed a motion for summary judgment asking the court to rule on whether it is constitutional for the US to implement a military spending provision that bars the government and its contractors from using its equipment.
Mr Song said the "state-sanctioned campaign" against the company will not improve cybersecurity.
"Politicians in the US are using the strength of an entire nation to come after a private company," he said. "This is not normal."
Source: https://techerati.com/news-hub/huawei-takes-us-to-court-over-security-law/
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by gtomorrow on Wednesday May 29 2019, @06:22PM
While I agree with what has been said regarding the totalitarian regime that is China, while I do find this legal motion deliciously ironic, this has nothing to do with the PRC's human rights issues.
This is strictly an issue of economic and control. Let's not lose sight of that. The US wants their tech (5G) to be bought and implemented worldwide. "The future, Mr. Gittes -- the future!" Anything else tacked on to the argument is diversion tactic.
We've seen this so many times in only the past 100 years or so. The US (public/private sector) sets up favorable regimes (in this case, a favorable economic regime) which only come back to bite it on the ass. Since 1972, American companies have practically obliterated domestic manufacturing, using the PRC as their personal factories. Obviously you have to supply the tech to your manufacturer. Now the "world's factory" has all the tech it needs to create its own product, IP be damned. Then again, you teach a man to fish...is he supposed to forget how to fish if he's catching more than you? Or maybe fish worse than you?
Please, everybody, there are no WMDs in Iraq. But there's oil and plenty of it.