Chinese company Huawei struggles to survive in court

In the midst of a legal war with the United States, Chinese company Huawei Technologies filed a lawsuit in summary form against Donald Trump's government at the end of May. This is the latest attempt by the Chinese company to avoid Washington's sanctions that threaten to expel world markets.

The allegation, filed in a Texas district court, calls for the National Defense Clearance Act of 2019 (NDAA) to be declared unconstitutional as part of an update to the law. 39, a lawsuit filed by Huawei in March.

The NDAA bill, approved by the US Congress in the middle of last year, prohibits federal agencies and their subcontractors from using Huawei equipment for reasons of national security, alleging links to the company with the Chinese government. . Huawei has repeatedly denied being controlled by the Chinese government, the military or the intelligence services.

The world's largest telecommunications equipment maker faces stiff penalties after being blacklisted by the US Commerce Department on May 16, banning businesses from doing business with Huawei. to an extent that immediately stirred the global technology sector. This week, Facebook announced that it would not allow Huawei to include its services in new phones coming out of the factory. This includes his popular networks, Instagram and WhatsApp. In August, Google will take the same drastic measures, leaving nothing less than Huawei to the Android operating system. The ban imposed by the United States affects more than 1,200 suppliers and threatens to affect its 3,000 million customers in 170 countries. The Shenzen company also said that the NDAA "creates a dangerous precedent, it is today Huawei, but tomorrow it may be anybody," the company 's lawyers warned.