Huawei asks US court to throw out federal ban

SHENZHEN: Huawei said yesterday the tech giant has asked a US court to throw out US legislation that bars federal agencies from buying its products.
The tech giant filed suit against the US Bill in March, calling it “unconstitutional” and saying the US Congress had failed to provide evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products.
The company said it filed the motion for summary judgment yesterday.
“The US government has provided no evidence to show that Huawei is a security threat. There is no gun, no smoke. Only speculation,” Huawei’s chief legal officer Song Liuping said in a statement.
A motion for summary judgment aims to seek a judge’s decision without going to a full trial.
The court case comes as Huawei also faces a broader US executive order preventing the use of its equipment in the United States and a more damaging US action to blacklist the company, cutting it off from critical American-made components for its products, though a 90-day reprieve was issued.
Huawei’s case against the US was filed in a US District Court in Plano, Texas, challenging what it called an “unconstitutional” 2019 defence bill that prevents government agencies from buying its equipment, services, or working with third parties that are Huawei customers. – Reuters